According to the passage, the 18 and 19th centuries in the West ----.

Radical changes in the life of western society
were brought about by the new technical
inventions of the 181 and 19th centuries which
resulted in a gradual but complete reorganisation
of the productive process. This is generally known
as "the Industrial Revolution". The outstanding
feature of this industrial revolution was the
increasing specialisation of labour and, with it, the
removal of more and more industries from the
home to the factory. At the same time, a growing
number of activities such as baking, soap making
and dressmaking were taken over by industry.
These changes profoundly affected the lives of
women. Many of them worked in the new factories
for very low wages and for excessively long hours;
others worked at home for manufacturers.