Women in the 19 th century - placing a story in context.

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)