Homeless Women In The 19th Century

The plight of a homeless woman and a child in London during the mid 1870’s.
The abject of misery was the results due to unfortunate circumstances and by accident. Many women abandoned by their husbands, some widowed, some with or without children. The predicament of poverty, misery stricken women in the 1887, usually older women, reduced to the plight of natural consequence. Begging was usually constituted food, bread, tea, this was their principle items to survive. Money was not easy to come by. Taking care of other’s infants so that the mother was able to work, this was a support for the mother to share the care of the infant for up to eight hours nursing the infant, her reward is a cup of tea and a little bread, usually her only meal
The fatal deficiency neoliberal intelligence to hold land an inheritance in all forms of common property. The Poor Law Amendment Act was quickly passed by Parliament in 1834, with separate legislation for Scotland and Ireland. ‘A Poor Law Commission’ was set up in London employing inspectors to supervise the work of local officials. Instead of an administrative system based around parishes (churches for charity) about 600 locally elected ‘boards of guardians’ which were set up a, each board having its own workhouse. People were so displaced, the need for money for survival, was the way you lived or died. They were ushered into factory work in towns, this was for more control over the production of labour. The reform was made by recommendations by the Commissioners, who had come up with a way of providing an efficient government cure for the problem, which ensured that a minimum of state interference and cost. Richard Oastler (a political campaigner) describing the Poor Law Amendment Act, as ‘cruel’ and ‘unchristian’. He also described the workhouses as “prisons for the poor”. The poor people became scared of the threat of having to move into a workhouse for help. Many people thought that the act was wrong as it seemed to punish people who were ‘poor’, through no fault of their own, the sick or the old. But in many areas assistance was only given in the
The major milestones in shifting peoples sources of livelihood was usually Agrarians feudal communal responsibility; people worked with others in a rhythm dictated by the needs of the community and ancient traditions, selling of ones labour through employment. These traditions left much room for rest and recreation. Slavery virtually disappeared because the Christian Church was opposed the enslavement of fellow Christians and over time this was greatly received. However, serfs were bound to labour services for their lord to pay certain ‘taxes’. Feudal was gradually fenced off and claimed as private property for commercial purposes.
England was the birthplace of modern capitalism, this was by looking at the Magna Carta Manifesto that a commons right freedom in perpetuity over local services twin charter, the Charter of the Forest. The Charter of Forest, guaranteed access for pasture and feed for the animals, to till land, to collect wood for fire burning, for warmth and cooking, building shelters, houses, harvest honey, made use of medicinal plants, forage and countless