- Joined
- Apr 4, 2017
- Location
- Denver, CO
Surprisingly, there were 270,897 women employed in manufacturing in the US in 1860, according to the census. https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1860/manufactures/1860c-22.pdf?#
71,153 in MA, 53,297 in NY, 36,539 in PA and 26, 497 in CT. So about 2/3rds in just those 4 states. Since the process was started before the Civil War began, it it was another substantial reason the US had an unlimited workforce, and could recruit and conscript workers without shutting down the economy.
71,153 in MA, 53,297 in NY, 36,539 in PA and 26, 497 in CT. So about 2/3rds in just those 4 states. Since the process was started before the Civil War began, it it was another substantial reason the US had an unlimited workforce, and could recruit and conscript workers without shutting down the economy.