The Life of Nailers
The Life of Nailers
We often learn about the children who worked in the textile and mining industries of the industrial age, but the life of nailers in Victorian England can also tell us a great deal about child labor and how industrialists treated the working classes.
Key Ideas
As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.
Key Ideas
Think about the following questions as you watch the video
- 00:57 Why would you begin work as a nailer at five years of age?
- 02:20 How many nails would an eight-year-old girl be expected to make in one hour and how many hours did they work?
- 04:18 How did the nail masters cheat the nailers and how much did the nail master usually pay the nailers in wages per week?
- 06:07 Who was Mary-Ann Bird?