Female Mill Workers…How Similar Were Their Experiences? With the dawn of industrialization Production’s most valuable resource was not raw materials‚ but time. The steam engine allowed vast amounts of goods to be created cheaply‚ and so it was ultimately decided by the workers how much was produced; rather than their work being limited by their materials it was limited by their speed. And so‚ efficiency‚ that is producing as much as possible as fast as possible‚ became the factory owner’s first
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history. When people think about the Industrial revolution‚ they think about big steel‚ machines‚ and railroads. What’s missing are the exhausted‚ overworked laborers that operated the machinery that made things run. A prime example is the female textile mill workers from England and Japan. In the textile industry‚ women and young girls were the main employees. The main reason for this is that nimble fingers were needed to tend the spinning and weaving machines. Originally spinning and weaving were done
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DBQ Austin Cross AP World 3/3/11 Female Mill Workers in England and Japan were indeed quite different. Workers in Japan had lower incomes and there were more young female workers. England had higher wages and the ages varied. Through the eleven documents‚ one can see that they can be broken into four categories‚ showing the differences between the two countries. The four categories being background information‚ gender and age‚ wages and hours‚ and working conditions. Through these eleven documents
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life‚ just to die poor. This happened to female workers in the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution was a period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s‚ and in the 1880’s‚ this movement spread to Japan. Did the cost of working in silk factories outweigh the benefits of being a worker in the industry? For the female silk workers of Japan‚ the factory experience contained more costs than benefits. Women workers not only lived their life’s poor‚ they
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Differences Between Female Japanese and English Mill Workers Despite the fact that Japan and England had many similarities with female mill workers‚ they still had a few differences. They basically had young children and women working in big dangerous factories making thread or in mines. So how were their experiences different? Female Japanese workers had to work more‚ they got paid less‚ and they accepted the role that their society gave them. Compared to English women mill workers‚ Japanese women
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| English Versus Japanese Female Mill Workers: Connected Through History | | | Evie PyleWorld History16 November 2012Period 2 | “My idea of feminism is self-determination‚ and it’s very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself and do whatever she needs to.” ~Ani DiFranco | | Throughout the innovation of the factory‚ the most important characteristic was efficiency; producing as much as possible‚ as fast as possible. Because of the need for employees in the factories
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Female mill workers in England and Japan: How similar were their experiences? Nikita Thompson B period 10/6/11 If a person who thinks they have it tough with their job takes a look at the fact that a young Japanese or British girl worked longer hours‚ got paid less‚ and put up with horrendous working conditions‚ that person might reconsider their statement. Despite the fact that Japan and England had many similarities with female
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foreigners!” Even a number of scrawny children assumed a part in the riot‚ viciously waving signs proclaiming‚ “We want to go to school!” Threateningly‚ the mob surrounded the affluent home of a local cotton mill owner‚ a man who dared to hire Irish immigrants as a replacement for the mill workers who were on strike. Torrents of authorities came rushing in‚ pointing guns and arresting violent participants. Rapidly‚ the crowd diffused‚ leaving only a few mumbling men with the weight of the world on
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DBQ- Female Workers in England and Japan: How Similar Were Their Experiences? The experiences of female mill workers in Japan had different experiences from female mill workers in England. The industrial revolution happened in England around the 1800’s while in Japan‚ the industrial revolution happened around the 1900’s. There are multiple examples of difference between the different female mill workers. These can be categorized into four different groupings. These groups are Background‚ Salary/Wage
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apart‚ yet in industry they share a common bond. Female Mill Workers in England and Japan: How Similar Were Their Experiences? The textile industry in both Japan and England created many unusual tools such as England’s spinning jenny which made several spindles turn at once‚ and increasing the amount of thread produced. England created the water frame which could spin thread in great quantities. The similarities between the English and Japanese mill workers were astounding; they both consisted of many
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