By the 18s, productions were no longer limited to the cottage industry; steam engines were invented and provided faster modes of transportation, instead of horses, cities were able to move beyond rivers and sources of water to other cities. ... Working conditions were an even harsher system, commissioners intended to make the workhouses as much like as prisons as possible, they established a severe discipline that exploited workers, especially children and women. ... Although paid 1/10 of a man's salary, children and women did not try to join workers unions or go on strikes, which made ...

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The charitable works of the Steelers, for example, are many, and are not limited to motivational speaking; Presents for Patients, a program that provides nursing home patients in the Pittsbugh area with gifts for the holidays; Race for the Cure, an event benefiting Breast Cancer research; the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization which links terminally ill children with their lifetime dreams; and Toys for Tots, a program that distributes toy donations to needy children. ... The major contributing force in the Pirates clubhouse, however, is the Pirates Wives organization, which holds events ...

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