How did society view women in the early 1800s?

Answer 1

In the 19th century Britain women were expected to marryand have children.The laws in Britain were based on the idea that women would get married and that their husbands would take care of them. Before the passing of the 1887 Married Woman's Property Act, when a woman got married she could not own property, even inherited property, and her wealth was automatically passed to her husband. If a woman worked after marriage, her earnings also belonged to her husband.

Answer 2

In the early 1800's some cultures didn't even record women's activities till much later, They were considered to docile, and did things such as ran the household, bore the children, were nurses, mothers, wives, neighbors, friends, and teachers etc

Answer 3

Property, Politics, Court

They were, sadly enough, viewed as property. When a woman married a man in the 1800's, everything she owned became his property... including herself. They assumed that a woman was either being supported by her husband or her father, so she had no political say. Additionally, women had no voting rights and could not testify in a court of law.

Free Speech, Divorce

Also, women did not have the right to speak in public. Eventually laws were passed stating that a woman could divorce her husband if he was being cruel or if he had left her. Additional laws passed which said that if the parents where separating and getting a divorce, the child would go to the mother if it was under the age of seven years old.

Church Life and Schooling

Almost everyone belonged to--was a member of--the church of his or her parents. Churches often held tribunals to review the "bad behaviors" of members or the complaints of one member against another member; some members made repeated complaints about one or more of their neighbors. Women were particularly chastised for their modesty and accused sexual behaviors, even in the absence of "evidence" except for the complaining witness, often a male or an older female. Rape and martial rape had no legal place in courts and many women lived with domestic abuse.

However, after the Civil War, women began to take more roles in community and church affairs. Voting and other rights began to change women's standing in communities, but women still deferred to their husbands usually. Many women were outspoken; some became authors and poets.

Most girls before the Civil War did not go to school like males, who usually attended up to 3rd grade with many going to college. Females who pursued education often went to Female Seminaries run by church leaders, the educated men of the community and women teachers. Most women who had jobs taught in school, were sales clerks, or worked in mercantile businesses. Women without jobs cared for home and family--their lives were harder without modern conveniences.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Women's rights in 1800s were:

EXTREMLEY limited.

Answer 6

they were exteremely mistreated