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How Women Behaved In The 1800's

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In the 1890s women behaved and were treated differently than they are today. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper” Gilman describes how women behaved and how they were treated. Today women have more of a say than they did then, they can do what they think is right even if their husband or doctor says something else. Conclusions that can made from the stories about women behavior and how they were treated. In the 1890s wives were expected to behave with care. The wives were responsible to take care of the children. Also they were expected to respect their husbands at all costs. The way women were treated in the 1890s is so different than today. They were treated poorly by doctors, and husbands, and brothers. They
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