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Women and Children of the Industrial Revolution
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Spinning Jenny
Made by James Hargreaves in 1764. Came up with the idea after his daughter Jenny, knocked over the families spinning wheel and he saw the wheel continue to spin while it was horizontal. It gave him the idea that many spindles could be working becasue of one wheel. he named it after his daughter Jenny, for sparking his inspiration -
Cotton Gin
Was created by Eli Whitney in 1793. The object of the machine was to automatically sort out the cotton seed from the extrmely fine cotton fiber. This was a very helpfull machine in order to make things like clothes. Many women and children during the industrial revolution worked on machines such as the cotton gin in large factories. -
Working Day of Children
Lord Shaftesburry proposes that no child shoud work more than 10 hours a day -
Factory Act
The Factory Act is made a law. States that no child under the age of nine can work in a textile factory. -
Coal Mine Act
Coal Mine Act passes stating that no child or women is allowed to go and work underground. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 25, 1911 a severe fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The factory had mostly women working in it, doing things like sewing when the fire broke out at the eight floor at around 4:45 pm. The fire spread rapidly amoung the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th floor, leaving all workers either trapped or forced to the roof. Mnay women jumped from their floors just so they would not have to be burned by the fire. Over a hundred women died in less than a half an hour of the fire hapenning.
