Question

Ties between members of households Loosened in Britain in the era of industrialisation explain the statement

Answer 1

1. The function and the shape of the family were completely transformed by life in the industrial city.

2.Among the working classes, the institution of marriage tended to break down.

3. Women of the upper and middle classes faced increasingly higher levels of isolation, although their lives were made easier by domestic maids who cooked, cleaned and cared for young children on low wages.

4. Women who worked for wages had some control over their lives, particularly among the lower social classes.

5. Many social reformers felt that the family as an institution had broken down, and needed to be reconstructed by pushing these women back into the home.