Question

give three reason why did women worker in britain attack spinning jenny?

Answer 1

1. Women workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny because it could spin many spindles with one wheel. This increased productivity and led to decrease in employment of women for spinning.


2.  The fear of unemployment made women workers hostile to the introduction of new technology

3 .This was the reason of aggressive attack from women in England on one of the woolen industry in which spinning jenny was first installed.Angry women therefore, attacked the machine

Answer 2

The three main reasons why the women worker in Britain attacked the spinning jenny are the following:

1. The newly introduced machine could spin many spindled with a single wheel. it could easily produce more than the man force.

2. This is how the introduction of spinning jenny reduced the demand for labor in Britain. Hence, people became jobless.

3. This machine was first introduced in a Woolen industry, therefore, those women who worked there had to lose their jobs.  

As a result, women worker in Britain began attacking the spinning jenny.