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Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was inveinted in 1793 in the united states by Eli Whitney it was invinted for slaves so that it could be esier and faster to clean the cotten -
womens right movment of the 1800s
In the early 1800s, women were second-class citizens. Women were expected to restrict their sphere of interest to the home and the family. Women were not encouraged to obtain a real education or pursue a professional career. After marriage, women did not have the right to own their own property, keep their own wages, or sign a contract. -
Gaslights Introduced to New York Cit
it was introduced to new york and also to some other cunties and were relly helpfull to them -
Daily Newspapers Begin
The penny press—a one-cent daily newspaper affordable to working-class readers—emerges with Benjamin Day's New York Sun. Competitors quickly materialize. In 1835 James Gordon Bennett starts the New York Herald, which quickly becomes a leading metropolitan journal. -
Sewing Machine Invented
A sewing machine is a machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the invention of the first working sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of Englishman Thomas Saint in 1790,the sewing machine has greatly improved the efficiency and productivity of the clothing industry. -
Lowell Mill Girls
"Factory Girls," as they called themselves) were female workers who came to work for the textile corporations in Lowell, Massachusetts, during the Industrial Revolution in the United States. The workers initially recruited by the corporations were daughters of propertied New England farmers, between the ages of 15 and 30. -
Seneca Falls Convention July 1848
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". -
Western Union Founded
The New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company, which was established in 1851, changes its name to The Western Union Telegraph Company
