The Role of Women in Victorian Britain

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THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN Victorian Britain is a period marked by the reign of Queen Victoria who becomes queen of Great Britain since 20th June of 1837 until her death on 22nd January of 1901. This period was marked by The Industrial Revolution, which can be defined as a period of major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transport, and technology, which had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of the United Kingdom. As we have seen in class, this period was marked by other important events as the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1838. But in this essay I’m going to treat in detail the role of women in Victorian Britain, I mean, their conditions as inhabitants in this society comparing with men and other social and political aspects of the Victorian era. During the reign of Queen Victoria, a woman's place was in the home, as domesticity and motherhood were considered by society at large to be a sufficient emotional fulfillment for females. These constructs kept women far away from the public sphere in most ways, but during the 19th century charitable missions did begin to extend the female role of service, and Victorian feminism emerged as a potent political force. One of the things which was difficult and almost forbidden for women in this period, apart from politics, was the intention of them to write books, for example, because during the Victorian era, women were viewed as the very opposite of what a man ought to be; as it happened with Victoria Wolf and her book Mrs. Dalloway. She lived in a patriarchal, repressive Victorian society which did not encourage women to attend universities or to participate in intellectual debate. Because of that women, who had flooded the workforce to replace the men who had gone to war, were demanding equal rights. "I want to criticize the social system and to
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