Effects Of Industrialization On Daycares

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“During World War I, factory and work-place crèches gained attention in France as factories producing war weaponry recruited women workers in large numbers”(Burger 1013). “Crèches” are the French version of daycares. Industrialization helped the creation of daycares because the women would go to work and leave their kids at home, alone; as a result someone came up with the idea of a daycare. This happened during World War I because men were drafted to the war effort and women stayed to support the country by doing the jobs that men had left behind. Women would go to work and leave their kids in daycares. The Great Depression also helped daycares become popular. “In the U.S., by contrast, the Depression improved the day nursery's standing as