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Women & Work in the 19th Century

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Women and Work in the 19th Century

Before 1870, when women married, their wealth transferred to their husband.

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Working conditions for women

  • The only work available for women in the 19th century was demeaning and poorly paid in the 19th century.
    • The majority of working class women worked in factories or domestic service.
    • Women were generally paid less than men for the work they did.
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Improvement of working conditions

  • Towards the end of the 19th century, women started to get access to more professions.
  • Women had started practising medicine and becoming qualified doctors and physicians.
    • Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first female doctor in England.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

2Worldviews

3The Empire of Mali

4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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