Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Women's Rights

During the Victorian Era in England women had no rights whatsoever.  All they could do really, was stay home, because during th time period they were told that was there place.  Also, they were raised just to get married for when they came of age.  Another to poin to bring up, married women weren't allowed to own property, and whatever they had been given to them by their family, was put ih the hands of their husbands.  It stayed like that until 1887 when the Married Women's Property Act was passed, which allowed them to own property, sepearte or divorce from their husbands and still be able to see their children.

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