PERCENTAGES OF WORKERS EMPLOYED IN TEXTILE FACTORIES IN ENGL…
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PERCENTAGES OF WORKERS EMPLOYED IN TEXTILE FACTORIES IN ENGLAND BY AGE AND GENDER, 1835–1867 Yeаr Children (8–12 yeаrs) Wоmen (13 yeаrs and оver) Men (13 years and оver) 1835 15.9 47.3 37.7 1838 7.9 54.0 38.1 1847 7.9 54.9 37.2 1850 6.8 55.3 37.7 1856 7.7 56.2 36.1 1861 9.0 55.8 35.2 1867 10.0 56.1 33.8 Source: Data adapted from Clark Nardinelli, “Child Labor and the Factory Acts,” The Journal of Economic History, 40:4 (1980): 744. The data were compiled by British government inspectors who reported their findings to the British Parliament. The data in the table best provide historical context to understand which of the following developments in mid-nineteenth-century Great Britain?