Long before the onset of the first industrial revolution around 1760 ... based on socially defined gender roles that placed women and girls in a lower class compared to men. This meant that women, ...

We are on the very edge of what will be the next industrial revolution. Manufacturing ... which will lead to less waste, lower prices and ultimately better availability of merchandise.

The Industrial Revolution introduced new machines, new industries and new jobs...even for children. Before the Industrial Revolution craftspeople made things in their own homes or in small workshops.

Before the Industrial Revolution, making textiles was a slow ... the equivalent work of lots weavers far quicker and at a much lower price. The arrival of machinery ended the domestic system ...