Victorian era

property!"- said all men in the Victorian Era. Though women wore beautiful dresses, they lived a less than beautiful life-style. Her place was in the home, keeping everything (and everyone) clean, tidy and warm. A womans sole purpose was to birth children and then raise them. . In this era women were refered to as "crazy" or "mad" if they objected to the norm of living. Maybe they were just growing tired of male dominance and abuse. Marriage was the motto in the Victorian times, if a woman was…

The Victorian era, “Passionlessness”, was about the female population being in the dark about their sex lives. Overall, the main idea of “passionlessness” was the tradition ideas and views a woman should act in the bedroom and in public, basically being a mother and wife. For example, a woman should only have sex with her husband, if she goes out the marriage, the husband should get a divorce (Cott 1978). Men view their wives as property and “that the value of property is immeasurably diminished…

The Ideas of Medicine and Health in Victorian England Did you know that in the Victorian Era a traditional idea of the body included of woman being smaller version of men. This was a common idea explored in the Victorian era; however, the research states differently. Also, this idea was not a fact rather a misconception caused due to the lack of education and research. Firstly, the Victorian era was a period in 1837 to 1901 ruled by Queen Victoria, who became a queen at the age of eighteen and…

In the Victorian era there was up to half a million children died caused by tuberculosis.This research is about diseases in Victorian britain during victorian era.The major disease in Victorian Britain was Tuberculosis because there was no cure and not easily detected. In Victorian britain there was one major disease, is Tuberculosis, also called TB.One-sixth of all deaths are caused by Tuberculosis during this time period.Another major disease In Victorian britain is chickenpox. some of the…

In the Victorian era, there were couple of pagan holidays that were tied to Christianity: Mothering Sunday and Easter Monday, (Mitchell 211). The first pagan holiday in the year is Mothering Sunday. Not to get confused with Mother’s Day. That is to say that according to The Telegraph, “It was a day where children, mainly daughters, who had gone out to work as domestic servants were given a day off to visit their mothers and families”. Although we celebrate it the same way the Victorians did with…

Throughout the Victorian era many inventions were being made and technology was developing at an exponential rate. While it made the lives of many a great deal easier their creation came with a cost. To develop many of the inventions and to fuel the the Victorian era many began to move from their homes in the country close to nature and earth into the ever increasing cities. Due to this great migration of sorts art and literature were less focused on and science and industry became the rulers of…

In the Victorian Era their entertainment was different for kids, women and men. Only some sports were enjoyed by men like drinking, gambling, and billiards. There were men who would play card games to the extent of losing all their money. Men also played outdoor sports like shooting, cricket, and fishing. In 1871 the first ever football association was played. After that many football clubs started to pop up. Although they were primarily organized by churches to encourage people to attend…

turned profits. despite this fact there were still hundreds of successful canals, And the canals uses only increased exponentially into the 1800s. as a result the face of British Society had started to change dramatically does beginning the Victorian era Britain's economy began to explode and it had a major effect on all classes and their way of life. The greatest effect from these canals could be felt by the towns in which they…

Role of Women in Victorian Era In the male-dominated society, women have always been considered to be inferior. Western ancient philosopher Aristotle said publicly that women are the people who lack excellent quality, and women are not perfect people. Some works show that the women were always undervalued in western society during the Victorian era. Heart of Darkness is a novel written by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad. It writes about a story of Skipper Marlow’s experience on the Congo…

explain how psychiatry has evolved. The historical theories of mental illness will be briefly noted in order to grasp early explanations of mental illness. The history of mental illness prior to the Victorian era will be considered in order to learn the challenges psychiatry had to overcome. The Victorian changes will also be considered and the development of modern psychiatric care will be explored in order to discover the challenges psychiatry…