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industrial revolution: laws
women
1839
if a marriage broke down and the parents separated, children under seven years of age should stay with their mother
1857
women could divorce husbands who were cruel to them or husbands who had left them.
1870
women were allowed to keep money they had earned
1891
women could not be forced to live with husbands unless they wished to.
children
The 1819 Factory Act
no children under 9 to work in factories. Children from 9 to 16 allowed to work a maximum of 72 hours per week with one and a half hours a day for meals.
1833 Althorp’s Factory Act
children from 9 to 13 to work a maximum of 42 hours per week; children aged 13 to 16 to work a maximum of 69 hours a week. No night work for anybody under the age of 18.
1842 Mines and Collieries Act
banned all women and children under 10 from working underground. No-one under 15 years was to work winding gear in mines
1844 Graham`s Factory Act
minimum age for working in factories reduced to 8 years old. 8 to 13 years old to work a maximum of six and a half hours a day. 13 to 18 year old to work a maximum of 12 hours a day and the same applied to women. Safety guards had to be fitted to all machines.
1847 Fielder`s Factory Act
10 hour day introduced for under 18's and for women.