Oliver Twist as an opinion on Victorian and Elizabethan Social Justice issues
Victorian Era Social Justice Issues:
The Victorian Era was the Era under the reign of Queen Victoria, which started on the 20th of June 1837 and ended on the 22nd of January, 1901. The Edwardian Era followed it. This time period is considered a time of great prosperity for the arts, schools, and gave rise to political and social reform. The population of England also doubled its’ population in this Era from 16.8 million in 1851 to 30.1 million in 1901. Some major social issues that were faced in the Victorian Era were: child labour, a large lower-class, bias justice systems, extreme sexism, and abortion.
Child Labour:
The Factory Acts were four major pieces of legislation, which attempted to reduce the number of working children. The five pieces of legislation were the Factory and Workshop Act of 1878; the Factory and Workshop Act of 1883; the Cotton Cloth Factories Act of 1889; The Factory and Workshop Act of 1891; and the Factory and Workshop Act of 1895. These laws only applied to the Textile industry but were extremely comprehensive and revolutionary. The Factory Acts limited the hours women and children could work, made it illegal for children under the age of nine to work, and created standards for factory cleanliness, and the treatment of the children in the factory children per bed, sets of clothes per child, so on and so forth. The Acts also made it mandatory to improve the safety around machines, verify ages, report deaths, and to improve the record keeping in factories. These regulations were generally disregarded throughout industry in England; they were not fully recognized and obeyed until the early 20th century when the Crown made sure they were strictly imposed upon all businesses.
Class Distinction:
Victorian Society contained a formal and set social hierarchy. This rigid and defined social structure was a vicious cycle where the poor became poorer and the rich continued to be rich. This ever-widening gap led to several riots, which formed
The Victorian Era was the Era under the reign of Queen Victoria, which started on the 20th of June 1837 and ended on the 22nd of January, 1901. The Edwardian Era followed it. This time period is considered a time of great prosperity for the arts, schools, and gave rise to political and social reform. The population of England also doubled its’ population in this Era from 16.8 million in 1851 to 30.1 million in 1901. Some major social issues that were faced in the Victorian Era were: child labour, a large lower-class, bias justice systems, extreme sexism, and abortion.
Child Labour:
The Factory Acts were four major pieces of legislation, which attempted to reduce the number of working children. The five pieces of legislation were the Factory and Workshop Act of 1878; the Factory and Workshop Act of 1883; the Cotton Cloth Factories Act of 1889; The Factory and Workshop Act of 1891; and the Factory and Workshop Act of 1895. These laws only applied to the Textile industry but were extremely comprehensive and revolutionary. The Factory Acts limited the hours women and children could work, made it illegal for children under the age of nine to work, and created standards for factory cleanliness, and the treatment of the children in the factory children per bed, sets of clothes per child, so on and so forth. The Acts also made it mandatory to improve the safety around machines, verify ages, report deaths, and to improve the record keeping in factories. These regulations were generally disregarded throughout industry in England; they were not fully recognized and obeyed until the early 20th century when the Crown made sure they were strictly imposed upon all businesses.
Class Distinction:
Victorian Society contained a formal and set social hierarchy. This rigid and defined social structure was a vicious cycle where the poor became poorer and the rich continued to be rich. This ever-widening gap led to several riots, which formed