year during the Victorian Era to one of the many fatal diseases that you could have caught. This topic is about the diseases that many British people caught in the Victorian era. Some were fatal some were bearable. Some had cures as others didn’t. It was different back then because they did not have cures for things like the flu‚ now days we do. There were many of very bad diseases out there and many of them were deadly. Smallpox like many of the other diseases in the Victorian era was very much
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Society in the Victorian Age did not see that it was necessary for women to have an education. The only source of education for women was often found in wealthier people who could hire a governess to teach‚ but still the education that was being taught was usually about manners and responsibility. Women were still thought of as the underdog to men. In 1850 education began to pick up for women. As it is stated by Wukovits (2013)‚ "North London Collegiate School was the first to operate for girls
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just as important as being well educated? I know I couldn’t‚ but this is how the Victorians in the Victorian Era lived. Everything they did and said‚ revolved around some sort of manners or etiquette. Etiquette is the code of polite behavior. Manners and etiquette had a major impact on making the Victorian Era a better society (Gaby). Why were manners and etiquette so important in the Victorian Era? In the Victorian Era men and women were judged based on their manners. If your manners were good‚
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Do you ever wonder about what people of the Victorian era did differently than us now? There are multiple sources concerning the Victorian era by numerous authors who discuss the lifestyle of the people living in this time. In those sources‚ many things are different such as medical training‚ education‚ literature and the way they celebrated holidays‚ just to name a few. To begin‚ in the Victorian era medical workers were trained by men already in the practice through apprenticeship.
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Victorian Era Décor The Victorian Era featured many changes ranging from the role of women to the design of homes. Many elements of the home design changed from the Gothic Revival style to the Victorian style. The items people decorated with changed‚ and the way they filled their homes. This era was a beautiful era for so many reasons. Victorian Era Architecture Victorian architecture has many gorgeous features that make this style of architecture very distinctive. One feature of Victorian architecture
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Victorian Mores In Jane Eyre During the Victorian era‚ it was only acceptable to abide by a set of unspoken rules acknowledged by society called mores. Some of the mores that were present in the eighteenth-century time period included the importance of the family‚ high standards of morality and decency‚ and that people must be punished or rewarded for their actions and deeds. Although these mores are not present in modern culture‚ invisible laws still exist in society today and need to be brought
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Diseases and Treatments in the Victorian Era By: Will Kraemer September 28‚ 2011 Outline I- Introduction: the thoughts and ideas about diseases. II- Body: living conditions/ why they got sick 1. How the filth and grime led to diseases 2. Home-remedies 3. Death III- Body: Diseases 1. Cholera 2. Tuberculosis 3. Typhus IV- Body: Treatments and medical discoveries 1. Why they started caring about sanitation and hygiene 2. How they cured it before
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Book Review Understanding the Victorians Politics‚ Culture and Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain Author Background: “Understanding the Victorians” was written by Susie L. Steinbach. Susie was born in 1966 to Jewish Eastern European family in NYC. Her father was a Holocaust survivor and immigrant. She was born and raised in a lower middle-class family. She had public school education; she was able to attend gifted and talented magnet school grades 7-12‚ which provided support
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During the time of the Victorian Era‚ city life was a mixture of fascinations. interesting concepts and crucial aspects. There were a lot of workers‚ which was good‚ but there also many that were impoverished. In result‚ those in poverty went towards crime and murder. For workers‚ there many opportunities out there that they could have taken due improving technology‚ such as the railroad system in England. Another negative aspect of the city itself was that it was a dirty and unsanitary environment
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once stated “A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.” Although they have some minor differences‚ the similarities between child neglect in the Victorian Era‚ and child neglect today‚ are alike. In the Victorian Era‚ children were often neglected of food‚ clothes‚ and health. Today‚ when children are permanently taken away from their parents‚ it is usually because the parents were neglecting them of food‚ health‚ and clothes. They are often
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