Archive: A Daughter of the Revolution ; Chris Upton Looks at a New Book That Reminds Us Even Great Men of the Industrial Revolution Had Families
Birmingham Post › January 07, 2006
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Like it or not, the Industrial Revolution was a rather male- orientated affair - all those men and gadgets, steam engines and spinning machines and not a lady inventor in sight.
The archives of the period, too, tend to reflect the concerns of male circles and masculine science.See the full content of this document
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Archive: A Daughter of the Revolution ; Chris Upton Looks at a New Book That Reminds Us Even Great Men of the Industrial Revolution Had Families
But that only tells (literally) half the story. Women did not simply disappear in the late 18th century. Many of the new contraptions were designed with female workers in mind - why call it a "Spinning Jenny" otherwise?
Nor did the facts of life change all that much. Inventors still married women and had dau...See the full content of this document
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