What were the most significant social and economic changes that led to the gendering of paid work in the nineteenth century?

Economic and Social changes

What were the most significant social and economic changes that led to the gendering of paid work in the nineteenth century?

Essay must explore:

The economic and social changes that impacted on paid work – i.e industrialisation, urbanisation, respectability 19th Century perceptions of women/men (i.e. separate spheres, male breadwinner ideologies) and how these contributed to the gendering of paid work.

What were the most significant social and economic changes that led to the gendering of paid work in the nineteenth century?
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