What Life Was Like for Women in the Late 1800

Abstract

The lives of women in the late 1800s were completely different because of several factors that comprised of non-availability of machinery and cooking or washing equipment, there was no dependency on technological work as they were subjected to complete their house hold activities. Women were involved in sewing in their free time instead of watching television serials as there weren’t many at that time. Late evening hangouts or visiting different places for enjoyment was not appreciated by the past men. In most offices, there was a glass ceiling for the women and they were stopped from having advancement in education. With the help of this article, the challenges and oppositions faced by the women in the late 19th century will be brought forward along with how they were put into slavery since the beginning of their lives and were treated as animals, females of poor families were sexually harassed, and many strong women tried their best to spread awareness on this injustice. People of the 21^st century do not know much about the details of how the women were denied from their legal rights and such, through this study they will get examine the harsh reality of the past. The research methodology that will be followed in the study is qualitative one and comprises of secondary data. The information for this journal is taken from the previous researches done on this subject matter. It has been founded from this article that women of the rich class had the facilities and rights that every other woman deserved to have even if she belonged to the poor family or black community. Being poor and black does not mean that the women is any less than the white one, justice and women empowerment should be given attention on.

Keywords: Women inequality, harassment, discrimination, anti-slavery.