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What Are The Living Conditions Of Women During The Victorian Era

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When I began researching along with looking at the Victorian Times online,I quickly discovered that things are very different today than it was during the time period of 1837 through 1901.It was nothing like it is today.You could say things,and people were looked at differently.The living conditions were not the best for everyone,lets just say,if you were a wealthy male back then,the majority of things were in your favor.You could just say you were better off being a man. For children,you were either wealthy or poor,it from my point of view it looked to have been less than ideal.If you were a child from a wealthy family you were usually raised by a nanny.The nanny would give you instructions informing you what was proper and improper.The …show more content…

It appears that the British had a small a mouth of regards to children.The British had the idea that they could add income to the family.This was one reason that many families had anywhere from 8 up to 12 children.It seemed very strange that “The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was created in 1891.” The woman back in the Victorian Age were not better off than the children.For the minority of woman,the didn’t have the option to not marry.If woman were going to survive,they needed to marry.Woman were “barred by law and custom from entering trades and professions by which they could support themselves,along with restricted in the possession of the property,woman had only on means of livelihood,that is of …show more content…

I was reading from hierarcture.com,the social class during the Victorian time in England consisted of Upper Class,the Middle class,the working class,and the Under Class.Each class played a distinctive role during this period of peace and prosperity for England.This included ,the people in the Upper Class did not do manual labor.This ended up being done by people in the Middle Class,Working Class, and the Under Class.The Under Class were the orphans,the poor,and the

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