Robert Owen and Charles Fourier were?

Answer 1

Robert Owen (1771-1858) was a British socialist who owned the largest cotton factories in Britain at New Lanark, Scotland. He believed workers should have good housing and he built a school for children to attend until they reached age 9. Owen was an atheist who did not allow Bible readings in school and believed that that was what Church was for. When his workers asked him to build a Church he said yes. Owen also reduced the normal work day of 17 hours down to only 10 hours.

Chales Fourier (1772-1837) was a French salesperson and Utopoan economic philosopher who answered the bordem of industrial capitolism with 1670 people to live in small communities called phalanxes . The most successful phalanxe was located in Red Bank, NJ for 11 years (1843-1854). Marriage was not allowed in phanlanxes and there was a free love system. Female equality was a major thing as well as sexual freedom. Also, in the phalanxes, jobs were switched 3 times a day.