Women mostly found jobs in domestic service, textile factories, and piece workshops. They also worked in the coal mines. For some, the Industrial Revolution provided independent wages, mobility and a better standard of living. For the majority, however, factory work in the early years of the 19th century resulted in a life of hardship (B/D). One of the effects of the industrial revolution was that it became easier for single women to earn a living than married women, since single women did not have to worry about what to do with their children while out at work etc. (A/C/D). Prior to the industrial revolution, married women were very often involved in economically productive labor, working on the family farm etc, but the separation of home and workplace made it much more difficult for married women to combine domestic life with profitable work
Women mostly found jobs in domestic service, textile factories, and piece workshops. They also worked in the coal mines. For some, the Industrial Revolution provided independent wages, mobility and a better standard of living. For the majority, however, factory work in the early years of the 19th century resulted in a life of hardship (B/D). One of the effects of the industrial revolution was that it became easier for single women to earn a living than married women, since single women did not have to worry about what to do with their children while out at work etc. (A/C/D). Prior to the industrial revolution, married women were very often involved in economically productive labor, working on the family farm etc, but the separation of home and workplace made it much more difficult for married women to combine domestic life with profitable work