Impact on Women - Yr8

What does the word 'industrialisation' mean?

• when a lot of new inventions are created and the country becomes poorer

• when men start to work harder than women

• the process of women becoming involved in the workforce

• the process of developing factories that aid production in a country

What were the three major changes that happened in society because of the Industrial Revolution?

• The use of more machines in the home to get the work done

• The creation of a difference between public and personal life

• Men are seen as solely responsible for income and women would stay at home mainly to look after the family

• Work is moved away from the home

The females now need to trust the males to make ​ (a)   for the family. Her labour is no longer for money but for building the ​ (b)   ; having babies, child-care activities, and housework become her most important work roles. At the same time, ​ (c)   women begin to work in the factories but their type of jobs and money they are making are very different from the ​ (d)   . Also, most of their jobs are ​ (e)   .

• money
• family
• unmarried
• males
• temporary
• women
• permanent

Public life means the life that you have outside of your home. Relationships with colleagues, friendships etc.

• True

• False

What type of work were women mainly employed to do in the Industrial Revolution?

• Farming

• Child care in large schools

• Textile work - Working with clothes, shoes etc.

• Steel working - metal work in factories

Factory work was useful for young, _________ women because they didn't have to rush to find a husband who would help support them.

Where is England?

The first full scale factory was created by Richard _________

The industrial revolution didn't _______ some women to go and make their own salary and work independently. But it also didn't _______ some women because they ended up doing more work such as looking after the family and having to work in the factories.

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