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...
During the nineteenth century adults had short life expectancy; children were likely to live in a single-parent home (KAIN 1990). ... That's about the same of children who lived in orphanages during the previous century. ... Experts estimated that the use of alcohol, drug abuse, dropping out of school early, and domestic violence were all higher during the previous century than today (Newman 1995; Coontz 1992). ... Wife and Child Abuse both have declined over the past century and haven fallen considerably since the 1970's (Caplow et al. 1982, 336; Cherlin 1996; Gelles and Cornell 199...
"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...
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. ...
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...
Nineteenth century American women were expected to find their strength and meaning of self in their submissive state and in their dedication to home and family. ... In the process of writing The Awakening, Chopin uses her life experiences along with the repressive social status of women during the turn of the century to illustrate the sacrifices that Edna Pontellier had to make to overcome the conventional roles of a mother. ... Her poems, short stories and novels permitted her not only to emphasize her beliefs for herself, but also question the ideas of individuality and autonomy during th...
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...