A Comparative Study On The Economic Activities Of Lower And Lower Women In The Yangtze And Yangtze River

During the period of19-20century, which is called the transformation from agricultural society to industrial society, with the great change of production, the rapid development of economy, and the endless varieties of new ideas and theories, women started to get rid of the shackles of family to society, and became actively in various economic sectors gradually. Factory workers and domestic servants are the two most popular choices for poor women. Meanwhile, the economic activities of rural women also underwent great changes in social transformation. In the UK and the Delta of Yangtze River, many similar characteristics could be found in the economic activities of the poor women of these two regions:women workers struggled in tough environment, suffered from the harsh treatment, while they were only paid by extremely low wages. Servants existed in every corner of the society, their work were simple and tedious, which could exert their innate advantages, their wages were lower than workers, but, as they spent less, they could also save money finally. Life of rural women faced a great change, in the face of the impact of industrial production, they had to consider if they would leave to cities to make living, which also meant holy different future. However, they finally took different paths of development due to the differences in social systems and their own nation’s destiny, which also made a profound impact on the women’s separate process and the improving of women’s social status.