There was also no such thing as health insurance back then either, so if you got injured on the job, you had to deal with it.MariaelenaFarinaGraduatePosts: 260Student Rating: 2 Re: The change from Cottage industry to Factory system Brock M. Hay on Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:36 pm Well the fourth blog this year made in February is a start I suppose.