How did the growth of the middle class affect social reform during the Industrial Revolution? Many women devoted themselves to social reform. Men frequently became the sole providers for their families. Economic prosperity reached all classes of society. Everyone in society quickly gained equal status.

Respuesta :

The growth of the middle class affected social reform during the Industrial Revolution because, economic prosperity reached all classes of society. Gradually other jobs like business people, merchants, lawyers, domestic servants, appeared. And not only aristocrats, and working classes, were responsible for economic growth. Middle class families and new professions emerged to adapt to industrial life.  

Answer: Many women devoted themselves to social reform.

Explanation:

As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the middle class experienced an enormous expansion in the 19th century. Middle-class women, often young, single, and disappointed by the absence of educational and professional possibilities devoted themselves to social reform.

At first, they fought for legal reforms on social issues and, later, they focus on expanding women’s access to paid work and women’s property rights.