1. The Working Girls of Lowell, Massachusetts
A nineteenth century based novel, Paradise Lane, introduces two very memorable characters and their romance through hard times. ... In spite of this the story, it provides a look into mid nineteenth century life with two different back rounds. ...
George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss, tells the story of Maggie Tulliver's life as she leads with her passionate emotions through a time where a young girl had no true place in society. The novel encompasses many gender stereotypes that were alive during the nineteenth century. There are instances, ...
In what ways does the Industrial Revolution affect the opportunities and constraints in women's lives in the 19th century? In the 19th century women were expected to live in the home and be constrained to the affairs of the household and family (children, her husband). ... There is one thing you must know, that women were never happy with these roles and throughout the 19th century women fought and struggled to be seen as equals. ... Nineteenth-century middle-class moralists placed the family upon a podium to illustrate a healthy society. ... As we venture more i...
"There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water"---Kate Chopin Throughout her life, Kate Chopin had many female influences. She benefited from having many female mentors, whether they were strong and independent widows in her family or the nuns...
During the late eighteenth century and early to mid nineteenth century, there was a mass exodus of people from Europe, China, Japan, Canada and the West Indies moving into the United States. This was a time for growth in the United States, often referred to as the Industrial Age. Skilled and unski...
Desiree's Downfall and Persecution In Kate Chopin's captivating short story, "Desiree's Baby," she exhibits prejudice and racism in Louisiana during the nineteenth century. ... This story deals with several issues and events that might of not seemed relevant in this century, but during that era were. ...
Gender Struggle "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich is a poem on an outside perspective of a woman who is going through a marriage without love and is being held back by her husband. She is only to fulfill her dreams through her needle work. She had to settle for a marriage that she did n...
Jane Austen is a writer of romance and drama with a sense of social satire. She has displayed her view of family rituals and social customs of the Victorian era in most of her works ("Sense and Sensibility"). Her views of relationships were developed through frequent travels and extended visits to L...
Setting The action takes place in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century on two Louisiana plantations, one called Valmonde, a family name, and the other called L'Abri (French for shelter). ... Themes Racism and Gender Bias Like many other American men of the mid-nineteenth century South, Armand Aubigny bases the worth of a person primarily on his or her race and gender. ...
Louis L"Amour was born on March 22, 1908, in Jamestown, North Dakota. His father, Louis Charles, was a veterinarian and farm machinery salesman and was also involved in local politics. Charles served as alderman of Jamestown's largest ward for many years as well as deputy sheriff, but he lost his ...
The Victorian era is characterized as a time of social and economic growth. A unique middle class was formed alongside the traditional working class and wealthy aristocracy. Nevertheless, certain individuals became outsiders. Hence, orphan and abandoned children became a concern for society because ...
According to Barbara Epstein, in Industrialization and Femininity: A Case Study of Nineteenth-Century New England, women were told that they had special abilities for raising children due to their innate warmth and morality. ...
What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations."1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ...
