By the early 1800s, women made up one third of the workforce. However, women's labour was often referred to as "cheap" labour because it was performed differently than men. By 1830, many men began to join organization and movements in order to protect themselves from the competition of female cheap-labour. read more
Some sources say that more women were confined to the "domestic sphere" while their husbands left home and worked in the "public sphere," while other sources say the industrial revolution was a catalyst for women entering the workforce. read more
Women began to go to school to learn to trade. (novanet). read more