Ten Hours Movement
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The Ten Hours Movement was a 19th-century British social reform campaign that sought to limit the working day in factories, especially for women and children, to ten hours.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ten Hours Movement canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
19th-century British social movement
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labor movement ⓘ social reform movement ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
cotton mills
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textile factories ⓘ |
| concerns |
industrial labor regulation
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working hours ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 1847 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
factory legislation
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protection of child workers ⓘ protection of women workers ⓘ working conditions in textile mills ⓘ |
| followedBy | further reductions in working hours in late 19th century ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
limit factory working day to ten hours
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reduce working hours for children ⓘ reduce working hours for women ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
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John Fielden NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Ashley NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Oastler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSlogan | Ten hours a day and no more ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
growth of factory system
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rapid industrialization in Britain ⓘ |
| influenced | Ten Hours Act 1847 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired | later campaigns for an eight-hour day ⓘ |
| legislativeOutcome | Factory Act 1847 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainRegion | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | hours-of-labor reform ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
laissez-faire liberals
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many factory owners ⓘ |
| opposedTo | long working hours in factories ⓘ |
| precededBy | early factory reform agitation in the 1820s ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Factory Act 1833
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Factory Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ labor law in the United Kingdom ⓘ short-time movement ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Ten Hours Act 1847 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialIssue | exploitation of women and children in factories ⓘ |
| startTime | 1830s ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Tory paternalists
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religious reformers ⓘ some factory reformers ⓘ working-class activists ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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