In the 1800s, it became common to employ women and children to work in factories. Before the Industrial Revolution, all but the wealthiest women worked. However, this work was normally in the home ...

So great was the pre-modern loss of children's lives ... The early part of the Industrial Revolution may have exacerbated these conditions. Housing in factory cities was crowded, dirty, unheated ...

Industrialization redefined the role of women in the home, at the same time opening new opportunities for them as industrial ... of husband and children, and create a pleasant and morally pure ...

The first Luddites were artisans and cloth workers in England who, at the onset of the Industrial Revolution, protested the ...

Christians fought for laws to protect children during the Industrial Revolution ... alongside parents or other adults in fields or factories. But some Christians did intervene, playing an integral ...

A year ago, Nadya Williams made a decision many of her colleagues didn’t quite understand: She decided to walk away from a ...

Archaeological Evidence of Seasonal Vitamin D Deficiency Discovered Jan. 31, 2024 — Rickets ran rife in children following the Industrial Revolution, but new research has found factory work and ...

The consequences, for both our personal and collective lives, are much discussed: How can we safeguard our privacy against ...

Robots will bring major changes to the industrial world. But how could that impact ordinary people in Britain? A silicon ...