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In the McGraw article, the author makes an excellent point of stating the downsides to mechanization by affecting the “atmosphere and safety” of the workers, stating “The noise, isolation, dust, odor, and dampness of mechanized milled impaired works’ health and affected the quality of their working lives… the dangers of the new machines were highly visible.” Working in these kinds of environments had to make workers very alert and cautious. There was a large amount of fatalities, and more commonly injuries involving loss of fingers, hands, and arms. Women at this time earned less, and were much more exposed to dangerous working conditions. During this timeframe of history, it was becoming more acceptable for women to work in factories, therefore, leaving women with less of options and had more of an obligation to get a job regardless of its high risk & little pay. – Megan Gallagher | In the McGraw article, the author makes an excellent point of stating the downsides to mechanization by affecting the “atmosphere and safety” of the workers, stating “The noise, isolation, dust, odor, and dampness of mechanized milled impaired works’ health and affected the quality of their working lives… the dangers of the new machines were highly visible.” Working in these kinds of environments had to make workers very alert and cautious. There was a large amount of fatalities, and more commonly injuries involving loss of fingers, hands, and arms. Women at this time earned less, and were much more exposed to dangerous working conditions. During this timeframe of history, it was becoming more acceptable for women to work in factories, therefore, leaving women with less of options and had more of an obligation to get a job regardless of its high risk & little pay. – Megan Gallagher | ||
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| + | This article helps show how the manufacturing system was changing in the United States. They no longer needed skilled labor; unskilled laborers would sit all day in noisy, isolated, dusty, and malodorous mills for many hours working. These conditions remained until muckrakers wrote about the problems of the factories and unions were established by the workers. –Megan Mc. | ||
== Steinberg, Dam-breaking in the 19th-Century Merrimack Valley == | == Steinberg, Dam-breaking in the 19th-Century Merrimack Valley == | ||
