children, women and classes in Victorian Times

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Victorian Times 

Victorian Era

Position of women in Victorian Times

*Poor women had to work

*Bad living conditions

* no rights to vote, husband was the boss

Difference between the classes:

*Rich women were supposed to be "the Angel of the House"

*Well-furnished houses & enough food, servants

* no rights to vote, husband decided on everything

What about children?

What was the position of children during the Victorian Era?

In the different classes?

Girls/boys

Health-wise?

rich children

raised by a nanny & spoiled 

hardly any contact with their parents

not allowed to eat at the same table

educated

needed to marry a person from the same class

PP in your reader on Victorian Times

19th century society

Optimism, for the middle & upper classes

Pessimism for the lower classes & poor people

Industrial + economic growth Economic recession: surplus of labour

- Bad living conditions lower classes/poor

- Reform bills to improve situation labourers (child labour)

Max. 48 hours if 9 years old

Chimney sweepers

 Emancipation: women's rights

Sufragettes: women's & votes

1918 :allowed to vote if 30 years old

1928: 21 years old

Right to vote for women & lower classes

World Power: the British Empire

Queen of Britain

Empress of India

Imperialism: GB doubled its size

The Sun never sets on the British Empire!

Anglican Church, very religious + high morals Religious doubts, Darwin "Origin of Species", no longer only Adam and Eve story, but evolutionary ideas

Lower classes 

- Bad living conditions lower classes/poor 

- Reform bills to improve situation labourers (child labour)

Max. 48 hours if 9 years old

Bit of education...

Bad health circumstances

Sufragettes: women's & votes

1918 :allowed to vote if 30 years old

1928: 21 years old

Right to vote for women & lower classes

Women's rights

Emancipation: women's rights

in GB called Sufragettes: rights & votes for women 

1918 :allowed to vote if 30 years old

1928: 21 years old

Right to vote for women & lower classes

Types of jobs for poor women

servants

nanny's

governesses

prostitutes

What was Great Britain named in the 19th century

1. The Empire where the sun never sets
2. Old America
3. The Indian Empire
4. The Commonwealth Empire

What do you know about Darwin?

1. He has invented a new type of religion
2. His has written the evolutionary theory
3. He was the Prime Minister from 1850-1854
4. He was Queen Victoria's brother-in-law

What was positive for Great Britain and its inhabitants in Victorian Times?

Who is this person?

Which writer are we going to start with?

The Brontë sisters:

Charlotte, Emily and Anne

A quick guide to the Brontë sisters 

What type of girls were these Brontë sisters:

little contact/shy

Emily sharp characters

Did not opt for marriage, governess
es

wrote under a pseudonym
s

Wuthering Heights

- Lockwood: new tentant, curious and uninvited, but visits WH twice

- Mr Heathcliff : landlord of WH and TG, bit harsh + unfriendly + no manners

- Difference between these two houses: 

wild and sheltered

up hill+ in valley 

passionate + quiet

Wuthering Height exerpt

* lezen in je reader

* vragen maken in je reader