3. Employment For women in 19th
century
Type of Employment Number of women employed
Domestic servants 1,740,800
Teachers 124,000
Nurses 68,000
Doctors 212
Architects 2
In the 19th century there were limited jobs available
to women. It did not matter whether or not they were
upper class or working class men had complete and
utter power over them. The idea was that upper and
middle class women had to stay dependent on a man:
first as a daughter and later as a wife.
4.
5. Women’s Rights
In 1839 a law was passed which An example of someone who was
stated if marriage broke down and involved in women’s rights in
parents separated, children seven society was Emmeline Pankhurst;
and under lived with their mother. she was a leading British women's
rights activist, who led the
In 1870, women were allowed to movement to win the right for
keep money that they had earned. women to vote.
Matrimonial act of 1957 under the
terms of the act, the husband had
only to prove his wife's adultery,
but the wife had to prove her
husband had committed not just
adultery but also incest, bigamy,
cruelty or desertion.
7. The Influence & Expectations Of
Women Then..
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management Was
first published in 1861, it was full of
advice on how to become the perfect
housewife for middle class women.
8. Role Of Women: Differences
Between The Classes.
Middle Class Women Upper Class Women
•Boiling water • Servants
•Washing and ironing clothes •Maids
•Floors were washed and •Nanny’s for their children
scrubbed •Home entertainment
•Look After Children
•Food was prepared before the
return of their husbands
•Teach Their daughters the
work of a house wife
•Clean the entire home
