What Were Women's Rights In The Victoria Era

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Some women were not offended the opportunity to have their education approval. They was allowed to study certain courses because they wanted to make things so difficult for them for break free in society. They were able to study history, geography and general literature. Most women studied other subjects as a law and art. They were rarely ever given an opportunity to apply and attend college.

In the Victoria era, women were required to provide their husband with a clean home, food on the table, washing their clothes and raising their kids and the rights for women were extremely limited when they were losing ownership of business, cash and wages that they accumulate when they were married. The rights to women were given over to the spouse after

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