WOMENS TREATMENT IN A VICTORIAN SOCIETY

WOMENS RIGHTS

• They were forced to obey the man
• They were born to work
• They received little to no education
• They were forced into marriage

WOMENS RIGHTS

• The women's body rightfully the mans
• Every man had the right to force the women into sex
• A women could not file for a divorce
• In the fathers will the daughter received little to nothin

WOMENS PLACE

• In order to "survive" the women had to marry
• Beating and raping was legal so they were very low in society
• When you become a wife you basically are a piece of furniture
• But being a mother is a sacred position back then
• They were often said to be the angles of the house

WOMENS RIGHTS

• Women were only socially good if they were pure
• And if they were good mothers
• Women were could be killed if they committed adultery
• Also prostitution was legal

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ANNOTATION

• WOMEN'S STATUS IN MID 19TH-CENTURY ENGLANDA BRIEF OVERVIEWby Helena Wojtczak." English Women's History. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.