[email protected] wrote: > > > > I would like a little more information about women "taking their > children to work" (as if the industrial revolution were kind of like > one big take your kids to work day). The impression I had was that > children were SENT to work. Not to be watched but to contribute to the > family income.)
It was both. When women started working in factories in the early 19th century, there was no choice but to take the children to work. It wasn't long between children that were old enough started working as well. The first (UK) Factories Act (1833) regulated the used of children as labor. The second Factories Act (1844) regulated the use of women. Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3028 or send a blank email to leave-3028-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
