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Social Response to Industrialization

Social Response to Industrialization. By Leah Cheverie. Women’s Suffrage Movement. One of the priorities of the women’s suffrage movement was to address the salary inequities between men and women. .

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Social Response to Industrialization

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  1. Social Response to Industrialization By Leah Cheverie

  2. Women’s Suffrage Movement One of the priorities of the women’s suffrage movement was to address the salary inequities between men and women.

  3. In 1890, for example, male teachers in urban schools earned $776 a year, while female teachers earned only $358.

  4. The Suffragists called for greater gender equality in employment so that women could earn a living wage.

  5. Union Groups • A Union can be defined as a number of persons joining together for some common purpose: better working conditions, living conditions, equality

  6. Different social classes responded to the problems of the new industrialization differently. • The middle class recognized some of the negative aspects of capitalism; they focussed their concern on what they considered to be the problem’s symptoms, such as alcoholism, child abuse, and poverty. • These people referred to as ‘The Progressive Movement’.

  7. Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) joined forces with church groups to force the creation of legislation to prohibit the consumption of alcohol. • Other reformers attempted to legislate morality through laws aimed at prostitution, gambling, and child abuse

  8. In this era, improving public health was a priority. • New hospitals and clinics were built and school vaccination and nutrition programs were initiated. • The expansion of public sanitation and water filtration systems also helped to reduce the high rate of disease

  9. New legislation that regulated working conditions included the Lord’s Day Act, which prohibited employers from forcing employees to work on Sundays and banned Sunday shopping.

  10. Workers in the new industrial factories generally responded in one of two ways: • The trade unionists fought for a share of the benefits of industrial prosperity. • They made collective demands on employers for higher wages, shorter working hours, and better working conditions. • The unions often relied on strike action as their most effective tool for instigating change.

  11. The years before and after 1900s, witnessed some of the worst abuses of the new industrial era. As the economy grew and prospered, however, Canadians began to respond to these inequities and injustices. • While initial reforms were limited, they marked the beginning of Canada’s national sense of social responsibility.

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