Vitamin D deficiency was rampant among children during the Industrial Revolution but was partly seasonal, reveals new ...

In the 1800s, it became common to employ women and children to work in factories. Before the Industrial Revolution, all but the wealthiest women worked. However, this work was normally in the home ...

But the Industrial Revolution contained the seeds of a complete ... The health of older children also improved. Diseases that had carried off thousands of children in 1900 were practically ...

Children were a cheap source of labour in ... Some effects of the Industrial Revolution could be seen as positive. Before the Industrial Revolution, employment was tied to the seasons.

Five years from 2030, when the UN Sustainable Development Goals are expected to be actualised, women's equality remains a significant challenge globally.

We are on the very edge of what will be the next industrial revolution. Manufacturing, shipping, agriculture, mining, and even railroads and transportation stand to be much more productive.