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Why were women opposing the new Spinning Jenny when it was introduced in the woolen industry inEngland? |
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Answer» 1. Women workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny because it could spin many spindles with one wheel. This increased productivity and led to decrease in employment of women for spinning. 2. The fear of unemployment made women workers hostile to the introduction of new technology 3.This was the reason for aggressive attack from women in England on one of the woolen industry in which spinning jenny was first installed. Angry women, therefore, attacked the machine |
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