Due to the rise of factories and widespread industrialization, new work was offered in cities. This work was typically for males only, and a new section of the work force commonly known as "white-collar" jobs began. These jobs persisted of managing, sales, and other various jobs that involved the supervision of workers in factories. As a result of this new work, women began to find new household tasks such as keeping records, upkeep of the house, raising children, and countless other vital roles. Later in this time period, women saw great opportunities in factories. Most of the women who took factory jobs were young, unmarried women who needed a job to support themselves. Women were always paid incredibly small wages, and their working conditions were anything but ideal. Managers and factory owners would often ask for sexual favors from the women workers, and if they did not comply then they would lose their jobs immediately. After a few years of work most of these women left to marry and to take care of children.
Sources:
Smith, Bonnie G., Marc van de Vieroop, Richard van Glahn, and Kris Lane.
Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World's Peoples. United Sates of America: Bedford/
St. Martin's, 2012. Online.
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