'Family' as an institution underwent a social change due to industrialisation.
(i) The class Kant joint family in the village scenario disappeared in the town and cities. The bond between family members loosened.
(ii) Women lost their jobs to machines.
(iii) Rich upper class women lived easier lives as they were served by domestic maids who made their work easier.
(iv) Forced to live at home in urban areas, leading them to face isolation at home.
(v) Public places were dominated by males and females were confined to the home.
(vi) Women gradually began to participate in political movements to ask for their rights.
(vii) Families were small or nuclear.