Victorian Women Poor

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The Victorian women who were not married in the middle and upper class had to explore charity and community service that was a way for them to help the poor. The women did not like how people would treat the rich better than the poor. They wanted it to be switched around where is that the poor people wouldn’t be taken advantage of just because they are poor. It would make the poor suffer less and make them grow into poverty within the lower class. Some women disregarded for the poor, in addition to their great behavior, it would normally be ignored in Victorian society, but because of their status, the particular women irate behavior is overlooked. Women had to believe and follow to the appropriate conventions based on their place in the social

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