Industrialization Of Women In The 1800s

Industrialization was growing and spreading vigorously. Many more people became open to the ideas of industry/factories. In 1789, a young British man named Samuel Slayer emigrated to the US and built his one machines and started up the ideas of factories in the United States. Because of this many more people followed in his foot steps. Little later in 1813, the American Textile industry was revolutionized. Due to these new industries, money grew and was able to help fund more operations. All of this was getting popular especially in Massachusetts. Suddenly, it had become a model for other places as well. Thousands of women started leaving their rural homes to come and work as “mill girls” in the factory towns. From here the women started making high wages and gaining independence. Although girls were now working in the factories, supervisors started paying a lot of attention to them, to make sure they were putting in proper behavior inside and outside the
Because back then all women really did was work at home. So when everyone started hearing about all of the new industries that were being g brought in, I think that people jumped right into it and saw it as a great way to live because it was so different to what they were used to. By her saying the new ways of either being called independent or not so independent probably also made an impact of them. In the end of her statement she said how girls have never tried that experience before and they liked it. Which I believe that they've never tried it before so that's pretty typical but where she said they liked it, is another idea. I believe only some women like the idea of this new change and actually working it because it made them stronger and in some ways more independent. But, then again I believe it's not so typical for others to feel that way because it was hard work compared to what women were doing in earlier