What Did The Career Lives Of United States Women Change...

This investigation aims to assess the question, to what extent did the career lives of United States women change during the United States’ industrial Revolution? My interest in women of the industrial revolution in the United States, because there are many turning points in the lifestyle of United States women and the Industrial Revolution appears to me to be one of the first steps in the evolution of the roles of women living in the United States. The method used to investigate this life changing time period for women and the United States as a whole is the use of scholarly articles and novels. The academic journal by Tilly and review by Rabinowitz are used to investigate my question through evaluation of their origin, purpose, value,†¦show more content†¦Often, the women’s families and children ended up working alongside them in the factories, because of the constant need for cheap labor in the industrial United States of America (Rabinowitz, 2010). One of t he fields of work that women stepped into during the industrial revolution were writing and being authors of various literature and articles, because they were empowered by the woman s entrance into the work place, and inspired by the bad work conditions they were forced to work in (NWHM, 2007). Another field was direct work in the factories, women had smaller hands and arms than the men working in the factories with machinery did, so women were hired for their ability to get in between machines, if necessary, to do maintenance that men could not do because of their size. Women were hired for the reason that they would work for less pay than men would as well, because at the time of this industrial revolution, it was not seen as a big deal for women to be treated with equal wages to men, as they were new to the job field that was not staying in the home and taking care of the small children, keeping house, and relying on their husbands for bringing home money (Tilly, 1994). During t he industrial revolution, married women often still stayed home as it was what they were accustomed to, because they had already lived life for so long with the mindset that they must be the home makers and men would bring home the money and food. However, once the