How did the Industrial Revolution Change Women’s Lives?
Nina Wohl The Bronx High School of Science What is the current role of women in society? How do women fulfill themselves? What is the ideal role for women?
Ancien Regime, Three Estates of Women
I. French Revolution A. Women demanded political rights B. Rights achieved were revoked with the Code Napoleon
Liberty Leading People (1830), by Delacroix
Aim How did the Industrial Revolution change women’s lives?
Industrial Revolution – Women hauling coal
A. Early phase - 1. Working class women held jobs in factories and mines in addition to caring for their home & families. 2. Middle class women assisted their husbands in new established factories and stores. B. Later phases - 1. Life remained the same for working class women. 2. Middle class women were discouraged from working after marriage. II. Impact of Industrialization
Young Women from the Village (1852) by Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet
The Princess by Alfred Lord Tennyson Man for the field and woman for the hearth: Man for the sword and for the needle she: Man with the head and woman with the heart: Man to command and woman to obey: All else is confusion.
Tea (1872), by James Tissot
Madame Georges Charpentier & Her Children (1878) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
III. The Cult of Domesticity (Separate Spheres) A. A woman’s role centered on child care, housekeeping, supervising servants, and providing husbands with a tranquil haven where they could escape the pressures of business and politics.
Mother Feeding Child (1898) by Mary Cassatt
B. Men were seen as rational, decisive, and practical. C. Women were seen as loving, nurturing, morally pure, and emotional.
Mademoiselle Yvonne Landsberg (1914) by Henri Matisse
The Modern Women
The Perfect Woman