What Was Life Like For Women Around 1900 Flashcards
Between what period of item were more girls going to school?
1870-1900
In 1900 what percentage of children could read and write?
97%
When did it become compulsory for all children to go to school?
In 1880 for all children between 5-10
What was girls education focused on?
Emphasising the stereotypical jobs of women e.g cooking, sowing. Links to the idea of separate spheres
Did most women work and why?
Vast majority of women worked because families couldn’t survive without women working
What kind of jobs did women do?
Making matchboxes, candles, cloth and textiles
How many women would have been a domestic servant?
1 in 3
Which women didn’t work?
Some middle/upper class women - minority
What were some of the new opportunities women had?
Jobs on telephone switch board, typewriter lead to some secretaries
How were richer women educated?
Home schooled by governess - taught music, singing, drawing
Why did they often starve themselves?
To get into corsets
By 1900 which uni’s accepted women?
London and Manchester
What had been founded at oxford and Cambridge?
Women’s colleges
Why did nursing become an option?
Because Florence Nightingale college set up in 1860
What jobs could women be?
Doctors and architects, but not lawyers
