The Bottom Line
The invention of the power loom created jobs for young girls who previously wouldn’t have the opportunity to work, which provided money for them and their families. This was good for those that had the better jobs in the mills while for others working in mills the labor meant facing injuries and illnesses. As time went on, and the power loom was perfected to the point where production per machine increased and “highly experienced machine operators were replaced by less well trained and less paid operators.” [63]
