Starter quiz
- Which word describes a society that is controlled by men?
- 'patriarchal' ✓
- Which monarchs showed that women could wield power in the early modern period?
- Victoria
- Elizabeth I ✓
- Elizabeth II
- Mary, Queen of Scots ✓
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- Which of the following were women not allowed to do in the early modern period?
- become a churchwarden
- become Members of Parliament (MPs) ✓
- vote in elections ✓
- become a lawyer ✓
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- Which word refers to a powerful and wealthy group in society who own land and have titles?
- 'aristocratic' ✓
- Which of the following jobs did women who lived in the countryside do?
- working in fields ✓
- housework ✓
- brewed beer ✓
- drove tractors
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- When women married, whose authority were they now expected to live under?
- their husband's ✓
- their father's
- their mother's
- their brother's
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Exit quiz
- Match the words to their correct definitions.
- middle class⇔people who earn a living from professional jobs that require education ✓
- working class⇔people who earn a living from carrying out manual labour ✓
- aristocracy⇔people who own land, have titles and may be wealthy enough not to work ✓
- ______ was passed during the 19th century that limited working opportunities for women.
- 'legislation' ✓
- The ______ describes a period of great change during which improvements in technology changed how people lived and worked.
- 'Industrial Revolution' ✓
- Why could women be paid far less than men even if they did the same jobs during the 19th century?
- It was thought that men worked harder. ✓
- Women only worked in factories so their work was easy.
- Men were considered to be the main family provider. ✓
- Women were not as good as men at these jobs.
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- Who campaigned to limit women’s work in factories and mines in the 19th century?
- Prime Minister Edward Smith-Stanley
- Florence Nightingale
- Queen Victoria
- Lord Shaftesbury ✓
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- The growth of which professions created new opportunities for some women?
- nursing and teaching ✓
- nursing and mining
- teaching and acting
- childminding and sewing
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Key learning points
- Changes to the way people worked during the Industrial Revolution created new opportunities and challenges for women.
- In the 19th century, married women were expected to stay home to raise children and look after their husbands.
- Legislation was passed during the 19th century that limited working opportunities for women.
- By the end of the 19th century, there was a divide between work considered suitable for men and for women.
- The growth of professions like nursing and teaching created new opportunities for some women.
Common misconception
The majority of women worked in factories throughout this period.
The work women did and whether they worked at all was largely determined by class. From the mid-19th century, legislation placed restrictions on the type and amount of work women were able to do and the number of women working in factories decreased.
Keywords
Industrial revolution - the Industrial Revolution was a period of great change during which improvements in technology changed how people lived and worked
Middle class - in this context, the term middle class is used to describe people who earn a living from professional jobs that require an education
Working class - in this context, the term working class is used to describe people who earn a living from carrying out manual labour e.g. in factories
Legislation - a law or set of laws passed by Parliament is known as legislation