factory+workers

Factory workers worked for twelve hours a day six days a week. After a long protest by factory workers in 1868 the government granted an eight hour work day. Conditions were terrible and dangerous. Peple suffered injures and even death frequently. Some children had to work to make extra money for their family. In 1891 Jacob Riis published a book of factory workers picturesand the conditions of the factorys. It showed the middle and upper class of America what was going on in their factories. Imformation provided by America Pathways to the Present(244-245) Picture provided by http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs/LinenCollarFactoryWorkers.jpg