6. The role of joint stock investment banking was to pool the savings of thousands of small and large investors, creating a supply of capital that could then be plowed back into …show more content…
I think that women and children were so heavily relied upon during the Industrial Revolution because factory work was based on unskilled labor. Factory work wasn't difficult to do it's just repetitive so women and children were used to doing those jobs, also because women and children typically have small hands they could work better with machines that had needles, etc. Women were especially used in textile based factories because they would be skilled in weaving. Also, I feel that factory owners hired women and children for jobs because they would be less likely to rise up against the factory owners for the harsh conditions. I feel that the women and children had to accept their role in the factories because they had no say in their