Servants In The Victorian Era

The world today consists of children roaming the streets, technology taking over the world, and being able to work wherever you'd like but, could you imagine a life without all these things? Believe it or not there was a time in life where these things were very uncommon to see. This would be known as the victorian era. This time period was between 1837 and 1901. Daily life was very different from now. Health, social classes, and fashion are just three examples of how daily life was different in the victorian era.

The Victorian Era women was vastly different than the female we think of nowadays. Women during that time were expected to fulfill more of a domestic and motherly role, one that stayed at home and took care of the house. They were confined within the private sphere of the world while the men toiled away in the public sphere. The ideal Victorian women was described as:

The intended audience in the article was meant for scholars. I could tell this by the way he organizes his thoughts, statistical data and the way he uses vocabulary to further prove his argument. By using such phrases such as “some evidence indicative of the evolution of the role of the indenture system…” (42) displays sophisticated language that not everyone could read and comprehend but only for people who are interested or specialize in that area of interest. Throughout the paper, as statistical data was being conducted, it displays research and sources to attract not just people in general but specifically on scholars in that field of study to focus specifically on labor & servant trends in Colonial America during that time period.

carry out all of the tasks and duties of an ordinary family. Although the family that lived in the

The daily life of women across the untied states was no different than the lives of women living in Camden, New Jersey during the 1800s-1900s. Women's work drastically changed over the centuries for the better. The most common work of women in Camden during the 1900s that improved a great deal was housework, factory workers, and secretaries. Housework was the most common job of women in both the 1800th and 1900th centuries in Camden, New Jersey. Homework was not only a tedious job but laborious.

One Victorian sentiment was that a civilized individual could be determined by her/his appearance. This notion was readily adopted by the upper classes and, among other things, helped shape their views of the lower classes, who certainly appeared inferior to them. In regards to social mobility, members of the upper classes may have (through personal tragedy or loss) often moved to a lower-class status, but rarely did one see an individual move up from the abysmal lower class. Although poverty could be found almost anywhere in Victorian London (one could walk along a street of an affluent neighborhood, turn the corner, and find oneself in an area of depravity and decay), most upper-class

Each member of a household had certain duties: men worked in fields, directing slaves and sons in producing tobacco and grain, women cultivated vegetables, made clothes and candles, kept house and children.

Domestic servants were a large occupation for women in the 19th century. Domestic servants were in upper class homes and lower class homes. Usually if one wanted a butler or a professional cook or more one would typically be in higher classes. When a family's income got to about 150 they got a general servant. It was typically a young lady she would work 12 to 16 hours a day. When they got a bigger income the highered more servants. They usually cleaned, cooked or hauled coal.

The most important duty to fulfill was being a housewife. This pertained to woman of al classes. Young women were informed that they were subordinate and inferior to man. Woman did not have any political power. Women played a very limited role in society. Women were seen, but not heard. Women were supposed to live up to the idea of being the ideal women. Every action a woman wanted to undertake had to be approved by a man. Husbands instilled in their wives specific views and beliefs. Women of different classes had different duties and obligations. A merchant’s wife worked for her husband’s business. The wife of a peasant helped the running and maintaining of the field. Wealthy women a like, had obligations to carry out. They performed chores related to the household, even though they had domestic

Victorian England was not necessarily the best time to live in. With heavy pollution, unsanitary living conditions, as well as Jack The Ripper stalking the streets, it was not the

During the Victorian era, gender roles became separated and entered into different spheres that only interacted at specific moments. Women were considered physically weaker yet morally superior to men, which meant that they were best suited to the domestic sphere. Not only

One may ask, how could anyone benefit from being a servant? Even though this may seem like a very logical question, to those involved in this life style, it all made sense. Let?s take a look at it from their point of view. When early settlers were attempting to colonize here in the new land, the first successful colony wasn?t actually established by the English government. In fact, it had been the successful venture of a privately owned business, The Virginia Company of London. This company was actually comprised of investors with seemingly good intentions. Their end goal was to extend

The Butler was in charge of the house and serving their bosses. An average butler earns 40-60 pounds ($4,300 - $6,400) per year, not the best pay

In Victorian london, everyone was given a social class. It was either rich or poor. This also decided where you lived the East Side, the dirty horrible parts of London or Soho, the rich part of London. In the book this is often talked about. In the story it states “ The in habitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still, and laying out the surplus of their gains in coquetry” This quote is saying that the people that were poor were doing okay but would like

The Victorian Period was a great influence to the authors who composed novels at that time where distinctions between social classes as well as between men and women were strongly marked. During this period, it was precisely a woman who ruled. Alexandrina Victoria who was born on May 24, 1819 became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837 until her death on January 22, 1901. Victoria’s reign was one of the longest of a female in history. At only the age of 18, after her uncle William Henry IV died, she began a span of 63 years of reign. In spite of her independence and power, Victoria fell into a deep depression when her husband died in 1861 and ever since she wore black every day for the rest of her