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by women working in factories we hear it was a

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riveting time All right which of the following statements best

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describes the compensation women received for working in factories during

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the industrial revolution and hear your potential answers athens minutes

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saying all right factory work hasn't always enjoyed the best

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of reputations Case in point industrial revolution conditions were poor

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and women had it pretty hard Why you ask Well

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as the economy grew families became dependent on more than

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one income that men women and children had to start

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bringing home the bacon as well But unlike their husbands

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women had to cook it up in a pan and

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all the while keeping their factory jobs Good love finding

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time tio you know sleep is well in between the

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day job and the kids and everything else Kicker women

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didn't earn the same wage as their male counterparts Looks

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like we can eliminate waken get rid of cia's well

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how could families depend on women's wages if those wages

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you know didn't exist But this was a blossoming cash

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economy out of blossoming work in a factory just for

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the story's economy What about deals Were women prohibited from

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working in factories Well that might be it right Maybe

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it could be just a little bit Maybe not That

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leaves us with eight women were considered less physically able

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and therefore less productive Their meager wages were a fraction

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of what men received for the exact same work So

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sure it wasn't fair But it's the right answer for

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this question And hey we hear these physically challenged women 00:01:34.827 --> [endTime] are doing all right for themselves nowadays

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