He developed a variety of work and family initiatives that the company has upheld through today. About 8 years later Ford introduced 5-day labor.
Every man needs more than one day for rest and recreation.
Whether for charity or publicity Ford was the first manufacturer to hire the handicapped. The son of an Irish immigrant farmer William Ford, Henry was educated in a one room school house. These events along Ford's entrepreneurial journey were the inspiration for mass-production and likely planted the seeds for the industrial revolution. He would then raise capital to found the Henry Ford Company. This company was also short lived due to diverging opinions on the target market for automobiles.