In the years before 1914 there were many problems for women with their
oppression, lack of respect and general mis-treatment by males. There
were three different classes, working, middle and upper classes.
Working classes were the lowest and they would work in factories,
mines and farms, the middle class were much richer, they would be the
owners of the factories and the large farms out in the rural areas
whereas the upper class were the gentry, often friends or even related
to the royal family. Women had trouble getting recognition in all the
three classes.
The working class women were the most poorly treated. Often they would
be made to go to work along with their husband to earn enough money
for the large family to survive. They would have to be strong women so
they could carry out the work in the factories and mines, the work at
home and also to be able to give birth to many children as their
survival rate was so appallingly low.
Members of Parliament and various Province Represe...
Angleterre Suffragette
Members of Parliament, various Province Representa...At home their duties were to
look after the many children and to clean the house. There were no
labour saving devices or servants to help so the chores all had to be
done by hand making them very tedious. They didn't have many prospects
to look forward to either, they weren't educated as many were brought
up in a large, poor family who could not afford to educate their
children. Even if there was enough money, the males would have been
educated and not the females. This meant she couldn't leave her job
and find a higher paid career. This money would have been needed for
the family, as her husband would have only earned, on average, ã75 per
year much of which was often spent on alcohol. The living...