When the Industrial Revolution took hold during the 19th century, the need for fossil fuels like coal grew exponentially, and the working class were sent deep underground to harvest the precious ...

Industrialization redefined the role of women in the home, at the same time opening new opportunities for them as industrial wage earners ... thus preventing the establishment of a permanent working ...

However, living conditions also differed greatly from the grand residences of the wealthy to the squalid abodes of the working class. Thus, the Industrial Revolution created a clear distinction ...