women in the 19 th century - placing a story in context
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Women in the 19th century- placing a story in context
The Cult of Domesticity
WHEN? The 19th century
The Cult of Domesticity
WHEN? The 19th century
WHAT? An ideal of the “true woman”
- submissive and pure
- wife and mother
- religious
- fragile (weak)
The Cult of Domesticity
WHEN? The 19th century
WHAT? An ideal of the “true woman”
- submissive and pure
- wife and mother
- religious
- fragile (weak)
WHO? Upper- and middle class women
The Cult of Domesticity
WHERE?
The Cult of Domesticity
WHERE?
THE HOME!
The ideal woman
- Fragile (weak)
- With a thin waist (corsets)
- She had to be protected, sheltered
- Many cases of nervousness and mental problems
AND HYSTERIA!
What about the working class women?
Many (especially immigrant) women began working in factories during the industrialisation
What about the working class women?
Many (especially immigrant) women began working in factories during the industrialisation
Many African American women worked as domestic servants
What about the working class women?
Many (especially immigrant) women began working in factories during the industrialisation
Many African American women worked as domestic servants
Less social control
But some of these ladies wanted more...
Reform work
- anti slavery
- prohibition (anti alcohol)
- helping poor, children, the needy
But some of these ladies wanted more...
Reform work
- anti slavery
- prohibition (anti alcohol)
- helping poor, children, the needy
Women Suffrage (women's vote)
- right to their own bodies
- right to own property
- right to divorce
And one of these women was no other than our good friend, the author of The
Yellow Wallpaper...
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
BRIEF SOURCE CRITICISM
Undervisningen i kursen ska behandla följande centrala innehåll:
“Strategier för källkritiskt förhållningssätt när man lyssnar till och läser framställningar från olika källor och i olika medier.”
Source criticism - strategies
Look at:
Who is behind this source?
When and where was it created?
Is it objective? Is there a tendency?
Is it depending on other sources? Are there other independent sources saying the same thing?
Did the creator remove something? (selection)