Victorian Britain
Age of OPTIMISM....(pleasant age)
Great Exhibition (1851) peace prosperity technological/industrial progress
Age of OPTIMISM....
growing middle class show off the wealth they get:
- social status (quality housing, education, culture)
- moral aspects (devout religious, strict public morality)
...but also NEGATIVE ASPECTS (unpleasant)
no access to clean water no healthy food no decent clothing no education
WORKING CONDITIONS unskilled labourers (women/children) worked in brutal, unsanitary conditions
relied on CHARITABLE DONATIONS to survive
workers were separated from their families forced to live in unsanitary conditions:
- long hours of manual work
- no pay
- no freedom
- no dignity
LIVING CONDITIONS
rapid industrialization massive migration from the country to the city
people lived in SLUMS (very filthy) diseases spread (cholera) improper treatment of water (no sewage system)
rapid growth of London: OVERPOPULATION POLLUTION
WEALTHY VICTORIANS
wanted to help (religious and philantropic reasons)
PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT
IMPROVED WORKERS' LIVING CONDITIONS
BUILT FACTORIES WHICH OFFERED THEM WORK + CHEAP HOUSING + EDUCATION
WORKERS HAD TO ACCEPT STRICT RULES OF BEHAVIOUR
from the POLITICAL point of view
REFORMS were passed BUT ONLY TO ADAPT THEM to the situation of the period
Darwin's idea of survival of the fittest was adapted to society
who was FIT(powerful)
was innately superior
was innately lazy/stupid
who was UNFIT (economically weak)
INEQUALITY/POVERTY were natural so the governments
couldn't do anything against it
EDUCATION
WEALTHY FAMILIES
POOR FAMILIES
boys were sent to school girls studied at home/with a governess
relied on children to make a living NO EDUCATION
solution: RAGGED SCHOOLS for the wretched, filthy children (basic, free education to children: read/write/ Bible)
WOMEN
WEALTHY
WORKING-CLASS
devoted themselves to home/family (domestic help)
obliged to take on poorely paid home work (laundering, ironing, sewing)
very philantropic: founded benevolent associations run by women for women
BUT they were aware that they had LITTLE POWER to change society
FEMINISM: - better education - better working conditions (middle- and working classes) - campaign for the right to vote
Victorian Britain
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Victorian Britain
Age of OPTIMISM....(pleasant age)
Great Exhibition (1851) peace prosperity technological/industrial progress
Age of OPTIMISM....
growing middle class show off the wealth they get:
...but also NEGATIVE ASPECTS (unpleasant)
no access to clean water no healthy food no decent clothing no education
WORKING CONDITIONS unskilled labourers (women/children) worked in brutal, unsanitary conditions
relied on CHARITABLE DONATIONS to survive
workers were separated from their families forced to live in unsanitary conditions:
LIVING CONDITIONS
rapid industrialization massive migration from the country to the city
people lived in SLUMS (very filthy) diseases spread (cholera) improper treatment of water (no sewage system)
rapid growth of London: OVERPOPULATION POLLUTION
WEALTHY VICTORIANS
wanted to help (religious and philantropic reasons)
PROVIDED EMPLOYMENT
IMPROVED WORKERS' LIVING CONDITIONS
BUILT FACTORIES WHICH OFFERED THEM WORK + CHEAP HOUSING + EDUCATION
WORKERS HAD TO ACCEPT STRICT RULES OF BEHAVIOUR
from the POLITICAL point of view
REFORMS were passed BUT ONLY TO ADAPT THEM to the situation of the period
Darwin's idea of survival of the fittest was adapted to society
who was FIT(powerful)
was innately superior
was innately lazy/stupid
who was UNFIT (economically weak)
INEQUALITY/POVERTY were natural so the governments
couldn't do anything against it
EDUCATION
WEALTHY FAMILIES
POOR FAMILIES
boys were sent to school girls studied at home/with a governess
relied on children to make a living NO EDUCATION
solution: RAGGED SCHOOLS for the wretched, filthy children (basic, free education to children: read/write/ Bible)
WOMEN
WEALTHY
WORKING-CLASS
devoted themselves to home/family (domestic help)
obliged to take on poorely paid home work (laundering, ironing, sewing)
very philantropic: founded benevolent associations run by women for women
BUT they were aware that they had LITTLE POWER to change society
FEMINISM: - better education - better working conditions (middle- and working classes) - campaign for the right to vote