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    made for man." A quote from Elizabeth Stanton. Women during the 19th century were judged by four outstanding qualities according to the Cult of True Womanhood; “piety‚ purity‚ submissiveness‚ and domesticity.” Men deemed piety to be the foundation for a good wife. Religion would not take a woman away from her “proper sphere” known as her home which kept her in isolation. Another way men would control women was by her purity. A woman in the 19th century was to remain pure and innocent. Remaining so

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    Women in the 19th Century Individual rights is a vital part of society. In modern times there are unalienable rights given to a United States citizen that cannot be interfered with regardless of class‚ gender or race. However a century ago that was not the case since gender and race determined what rights a person was entitled to. The form of government set up in the past allowed white men to have an advantage and hold privilege over others. In this government women had no rights to exercise and

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    society at large to be a sufficient emotional fulfilment for females. These constructs kept women far away from the public sphere in most ways‚ but during the 19th century charitable missions did begin to extend the female role of service‚ and Victorian feminism emerged as a potent political force. The transformation of Britain into an industrial nation had profound consequences for the ways in which women were to be idealised in Victorian times. New kinds of work and new kinds of urban living prompted

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    In the 19th century‚ the industrial revolution changed the United States and Western Europe. It led to power-driven machines in the textile industry. This came with the expansion of commercial farming areas to provide raw materials‚ increased wage labor and rapid urbanization. It also changed family life by decreasing family size because were involved in labor force. New England textile firms employed many people including children. Southern New England mills depended on single rural women who came

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    nude body as a source of inspiration and content since the beginning of the medium. As stated by Graham Clarke in his book The Photograph‚ “[m]uch of the photography of the body in the early twentieth century is an extension of nineteenth-century preoccupations and attitudes” (Clarke). The 19th century encompassed the Victorian Era‚ and although it was shortly after the camera was invented‚ according to the Museum of Sex: “Victorians took millions of photographs; an untold

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    19th Century Women Authors Some of the most influential women authors of all time lived in the 19th century. These women expressed their inner most thoughts and ideas through their writings. They helped to change society‚ perhaps without knowing it‚ through poetry‚ novels‚ and articles. Emily Dickinson‚ Harriet Jacobs‚ Kate Chopin‚ Louisa May Alcott‚ and Elizabeth Oakes Smith are the best-known controversial and expressive women authors of their time. On December 10‚ 1830 a poet was born

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    The women of the nineteenth century were stereotype in a negative way. The most difficult part of living in the nineteenth century as a women would be the stereotypes for example all women were viewed as weak‚ had no logic‚ emotional and depended. Those stereotypes were negative compared to the men. Men were viewed as brave‚ logic‚ independent and powerful. Women had no other choice than to be viewed differently even when it comes to their bodies. Women worn corsets to make themselves look slim and

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    especially with the various roles women had in each generation of Americans. Over times the way the American people perceived women would become a cyclical pattern as each generation would leave its own ubiquitous footprint on history‚ however as time would go on the footprints

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    Because many American women of the nineteenth century had very different ideals‚ feminism became a global movement‚ and "early feminists found allies abroad." Many feminists believed that married or not‚ all women deserved the same rights as men. An extreme feminist of her time‚ Margaret Fuller‚ wanted to spread her ideas about women’s rights‚ and she became editor of the New York Tribune in 1844. She later published Woman in the Nineteenth Century in which she. Every path to self-fulfillment‚ she

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    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

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