Women and Child Labor During the Industrial Revolution

  • Factory Act

    Factory Act
    Limited working hours for children in cotton mills
  • Factory Act

    Factory Act
    Limited working hours for all children in all textile factories
  • Mines Act

    Mines Act
    Mines ActWomen and girls, and boys under 13 were no longer alllowed to work in the mines
  • Ten Hours Act

    Ten Hours Act
    10 hour working days for women and children in all textile factories
  • "Uprising of 20,000".

    "Uprising of 20,000".
    led by the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, many of the women who were workers there, started a 14 week strike against the factories in order to recieve justice for the many who suffered firings and harsh conditions
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    triangle shirtwaist fire
    Many woman lost their lives in this fire in the triangle shirtwaist factory due to locked doors and no safe exit.