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    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 at home

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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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    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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    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 one can see that Female Mill

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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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    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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    Compare & Contrast British and Japan National characteristics can be explained geographically. For instance‚ continent people are confident themselves and never hesitate. In contrast‚ peninsula people say ’Hurry up ’ in every situation. Meanwhile‚ island people are curious and want to explore everywhere. Britain and Japan are representative Island nation in the west and the east. Therefore‚ they have been walked in similar way historically. Both go through the absolute monarchy and developed

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    Female employment in Japanese labor market GEM (Gender Empowerment Measure) of Japan ranks the 58th among 108 countries and GGI (Gender Gap Index) of it ranks the 105th among 136 countries. It means that in Japan the gap between men and women is big and the economic and political opportunities for women are not enough‚ although human developments are achieved. The number of female employed persons in Japan‚ which accounted for 35.9 per cent of all employed persons in 1985‚ has gradually grown

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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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    Japan and England are thousands of miles 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

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