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PRESENTATION

Women in Victorian Times

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Condition of women in society

INDEX

Legal condition

Suffragettes' movement

Condition of women in the family sphere

The families were very large, the father (he was the head of the family) was strict while the mother was calm

GENERAL PICTURE OF THE FAMILY:

In the family the woman had to look after the children and the house, and obey her husband.

In fact, women have few rights, like their children, and depend on their husbands.

During the Victorian age the law recognized spouses as a single person, embodied in the figure of the husband.

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The wives were poorly educated because they only needed to know the essential things to look after the house and children.

The working woman's income belonged to her husband, even though wives often did not work because they had to look after their daughters and the house.

The properties that the woman possess-ed upon marriage became her husband's, and remained his even in the event of divorce.

WIFE IN MARRIAGE

Condition of women in the family sphere

with the divorce reform, custody of the children also belonged to the mother.

The mother took care of the children and had a closer relationship with them, even if the father could prevent the relationship between mother and children.

The mother was sweeter than the father who was considered more severe and authoritarian.

THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHILDREN

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Condition of women in society

limited opportunities

Belief renforced by the literature of the time

Woman had to dress modestly They have to be careful about their behaviour

SOCIAL RESTRICTION

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• Marriage and family
• Domesticity tasks
• Limited education

SOCIETY'S EXPECTATION

Legal condition of women

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• Parents, clergymen, and patriarchal culture taught that marriage was the purpose of life , but law (patriarchal law) regarded it as the end of a woman's autonomous existence

• Conduct manuals encouraged the wife to transform her home into a sacred shelter from the world's cares, but courts allowed the home to become a prison where she could be forcibly confined by her husband

SOCIAL MYTHS AND LEGAL REALITY

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The Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857

• Still permitted the husband to divorce his wife for adultery, but required a wife suing for divorce to prove adultery and an additional offense, such as incest, cruelty, bigamy, rape, bestiality, or desertion for more than two years.

• Provided that a wife deserted by an adulterous husband could petition for divorce immediately instead of waiting for two years.

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DIVORCE

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In the Victorian era for women belonging to the higher social classes, sexual intercourse was an obligation to be fulfilled by their husbands. Women belonging to lower social classes found this practice free and satisfying, which is why prostitutes were widespread and were tolerated by the kingdom

PROSTITUTION

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Suffragettes' movement

The women's suffrage activists' movement was officially founded in the United Kingdom in 1869, thanks to the courage of the women . These women, who first fought for female emancipation, went down in the history under the name of "suffragette".

The movement

"To get the suffrage"

The same women who intended to ridicule nevertheless decied to use the trm suffragettes by hardenig yhe "g" nd amplifying the sound in the English language, so as to put even more emphasis on their actions.

They were called using the diminutive "ette", which served to denigrate the actions of these women.

THE NAME

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WHO LED THE UK SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT?

Emmeline

• Emmeline was born on the 15 july 1858 in Goulden, Manchester

• She was a British activist and politician who led the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom, helping women gain the right to vote, she was also a member of the Order of the White Feather.

• She founded the Women's Franchise League (WFL) in 1985 and the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903, and was thus the inspiration for the “suffragette” movement

FINAL QUESTIONS

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Single Women: Held the same rights as a man. She could acquire property, assume responsibilities for her debts, enter into a contract, make a will, sue and be sued. Married Women: Could not sign a lease, initiate a lawsuit, or make a will. The husband had complete control of the family finances and her personal property, her earnings, and even her children belonged entirely to her husband. If he mistreated her, separation and divorce were extremely difficult to obtain. Even when a husband abandoned his wife, he retained control of her property.

Single vs. Married women

How it started?

The actual suffragette movement was born in the United Kingdom in 1972 In 1897 Millicent Fawcette founded the national movement for women's rights, trying to convince men to join to fight together for women's rights.

We begin to talk more about the suffragettes from the episode involving Emmeline Pankhurst, who protested in favor of women near Buckingham Palace, and was arrested for this.

An important episode

The most famous definition of a married woman's legal status was provided in 1765 by the English jurist William Blackstone: By marriage, the very being or legal existence of a woman is suspended, or at least incorporated or consolidated into that of the husband, under whose wing, protection, or cover she performs everything, and she is therefore called in our law a feme covert.