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During the Gilded Age (roughly 1870s–1900), industrialization drove many families from farms into crowded cities and wage labor, breaking down traditional household production and making family survival dependent on regular paychecks. Children were widely employed in factories, mines, and sweatshops for long hours and low pay, which harmed their health and education and eventually sparked reform movements and child labor laws. Women—especially working-class and immigrant women—entered factories, textile mills, and domestic service in large numbers, gaining some economic independence but facing low wages, dangerous conditions, and limited workplace rights; middle-class women saw changes too, with more educational and reform opportunities. Overall the era produced rising standards for some (a growing consumer culture and an expanding middle class) but also severe urban poverty, overcrowded tenements, and social tensions that prompted labor organizing and Progressive-era reforms.
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During the Gilded Age (about 1870–1900), factories and industry pulled many families off farms and into crowded cities where they had to work for wages. Children often worked long hours in factories, mines, and sweatshops for very little pay, which damaged their health and kept them from getting an education and later led to laws to protect kids. Many working-class and immigrant women took jobs in factories, mills, and as domestic servants, gaining some independence but facing low pay and dangerous conditions; middle-class women had more chances for schooling and reform work. For some people the era brought more comfort and a growing middle class, but it also created severe poverty, crowded tenements, and social conflict that spurred labor organizing and Progressive reforms.
During the Gilded Age (about 1870–1900), factories and industry pulled many families off farms and into crowded cities where they had to work for wages. Children often worked long hours in factories, mines, and sweatshops for very little pay, which damaged their health and kept them from getting an education and later led to laws to protect kids. Many working-class and immigrant women took jobs in factories, mills, and as domestic servants, gaining some independence but facing low pay and dangerous conditions; middle-class women had more chances for schooling and reform work. For some people the era brought more comfort and a growing middle class, but it also created severe poverty, crowded tenements, and social conflict that spurred labor organizing and Progressive reforms.