The Struggle for Emancipation of Women :: Papers

The Struggle for Emancipation of Women Describe and compare the progress made to undecomposed rights for women (Economically, educationally, legally, politically, etc.) between 1870 and 1900) Before 1870 Womens education depended on their course of action. If you were born into an Upper or Middle class family a Governess would have tutored you privately, while Working class women might of gone to a Sunday indoctrinate to learn the bedrock of reading and writing. Women didnt need an education before 1870 as they wouldnt need to attain unless if you were Working class, and also because a womens opinion never mattered, they had to sit at that place and look pretty. There were many changes after 1870, such as Elementary, common and Universities were being founded. All children, both boys and girls, were made to go to elementary school till the age of 9. Also the Universities and Colleges such as the Cheltenham Ladies College were a utter through in womens education. These new laws Guaranteed education of Middle and Working carve up women. Women started to think for themselves after this but sexism was still there, it was an improvement but wasnt a huge improvement. The Elementary schools may of given opportunities to the lower classes but these were generally overcrowded and they had to leave at the age of 9, which doesnt help them much as at this age they were still too young for jobs. There was progress during this period, receivable to the fact of before this time there was no guaranteed education for the works class, as after 1870 this was made possible. Before 1870 womens jobs were precise menial and continual and also were often at a much lower range than of a man doing the same job. Upper and Middle Class women were very idle before 1870 and spent most of their time playing the easygoing or just looking pretty. The working class women had low pay jobs such as Domestic service, working in fields and pulverisation working, the Upper and Middle Class women of the times duties