
The workers began to read. By 1850, literacy rates had doubled. Factory workers formed book clubs, debating societies, and workers' libraries. Between the thundering machines, a quiet revolution of minds was taking place.
So while Victoria's Britain forged an empire of steel and steam, her people forged something perhaps more powerful - a working class that could read, think, and demand their rights. Sometimes the greatest changes come not from the machines we build, but from the minds we free. #industrialrevolution #history #shorts #didyouknow