Women - Jacob
Where they settled and why:
Port Phillip was growing at a startling rate during the 1830s. Female convicts and free settlers were ordered to Victoria as a result to the labour shortage. Women were outnumbered by almost 7 to 1, this meant they very often made up a small and vulnerable proportion of the population. The majority of Port Phillip's women were initially unmarried free settlers. House servants were often single women and the government paid for them to travel to Victoria “safely” with married couples of families
Living and working conditions:
During the 19th century most women in Victorian England had no choice but to work in order to help support their families. Women wither worked in factories or in a domestic service for richer households or in family business. Many women also carried out home based work such as finishing clothing, laundry, or preparation of snacks to sell in the market or streets. This was in addition to their unpaid work at home which included cooking, cleaning, child care and often keeping small animals and growing vegetables and fruit to help feed their families. Even though women were critical to families they were paid less than men. …show more content…
Also 150 years ago women had no political vote, if you were an indigenous woman you had no rights at all. They were treated inferior and they were auctioned to sell to men, these women could have been used as a maid to clean, cook, but they were mostly used for sex. Only recently have women got all of their rights back.
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Where they settled and why:
Port Phillip was growing at a startling rate during the 1830s. Female convicts and free settlers were ordered to Victoria as a result to the labour shortage. Women were outnumbered by almost 7 to 1, this meant they very often made up a small and vulnerable proportion of the population. The majority of Port Phillip's women were initially unmarried free settlers. House servants were often single women and the government paid for them to travel to Victoria “safely” with married couples of families
Living and working conditions:
During the 19th century most women in Victorian England had no choice but to work in order to help support their families. Women wither worked in factories or in a domestic service for richer households or in family business. Many women also carried out home based work such as finishing clothing, laundry, or preparation of snacks to sell in the market or streets. This was in addition to their unpaid work at home which included cooking, cleaning, child care and often keeping small animals and growing vegetables and fruit to help feed their families. Even though women were critical to families they were paid less than men. …show more content…
Also 150 years ago women had no political vote, if you were an indigenous woman you had no rights at all. They were treated inferior and they were auctioned to sell to men, these women could have been used as a maid to clean, cook, but they were mostly used for sex. Only recently have women got all of their rights back.
Relationships with other