Femininity In The Victorian Era

To know about Victorian women, you would have to know first what the Victorian Era was, right? Well, the Victorian Era was the name of the reign by Alexandria Victoria, who was better known as Queen Victoria. During her reign as queen, which took place in the United Kingdom for nearly 64 years, it was a time of many changes and improvements within the U.K. These changes included political, scientific, industrial, military, and especially cultural alterations. This all happened between May of 1876 until January of 1901. But, contrary to popular belief, women had an important role during this period of time in history, at least, in the U.K. (Questia, “Victorian Women”) Women in the Victorian Era, for the most part, were involved with femininity. Femininity was the belief in an act of being the model housewife, mother, and daughter. This meant that women would usually stay home, which was considered a secure, inviolable place for them. This is likely the biggest difference in women between the Victorian Era and current women of now. Prostitution was quite popular on the streets before and during the Victorian Era and had been a major issue. However, this new femininity idea attempted to battle the practice of this …show more content…
In fact, marriage was even considered by many of that period to be more of a social contract than a romantic agreement between man and woman. But once again, with the increasing and ever-so-changing of the Industrial Revolution that had soon after taken place, educated women and girls who were of middle to lower class began taking up the new jobs offered. But with being paid less than men, forced to give up all possessions and rights to their husbands, and threatened with “social taboos”, women eventually took a stand against this and joined the women’s suffrage movement from mid to late-Victorian Era. (Nead, “Women and Urban Life in Victorian