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**WOMEN OF THE VICTORIAN ERA ** by Deborah K.
"Real Time Media Students Blog." //Index of// /. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.

How did social class affect a woman’s opportunities?
The Victorian Era refers to the period of time in the United Kingdom. This era consisted of prosperity between people from the profits brought in from foreign trades. The industrial improvements allowed the higher classes to receive education, including the middle class. A social hierarchy existed during this era; a working class, middle class, and an upper class. These division of social class lead to many restrictions and expectations from women. In general, the responsibilities of women were to be 'The household General.' This meant that in order for women to run a household that is respected by others, is safe and secure, family members are happy and comfortable, they had to perform strict duties. Women had to be intelligent and thoroughly organized in order to do this. They had to be powerful when delegating and instructing servants for the well-being of the household. Women of middle or upper class were responsible and expected to open parties or dinners and invite important figures to develop economically important relationships and represent the husband as a prestige figure. Women also had to commit much time and effort to children by educating and sharing knowledge to them and raising them to be responsible, have abilities, and cultural knowledge. Women were expected to be mild-tempered, understanding, and excellent manner, and behave how she and her family were to be represented. Women in the Victorian era faced many restrictions, especially for for the working class. All women were required to obey their husband since everything, children and property, belonged to the husband and thus the wife would also 'belong' to the husband. Women had to show purity; although they dressed nicely to impress, they did not wear heavy makeup or wear clothing that showed too much skin or undergarments. This is because people of the Victorian era considered the body of women to belong to husbands. Education was not expected from women as much as men. They were too simply know necessary things to keep a running household and knowledge and sense to raise children. Women in the working class could not participate in social entertainments as well. Women in the Victorian era were seen to be generous, noble, gentle, and responsible of running the household and raising children well. They reflected upon how the household was, and was expected much from others to work to be sociable and intelligent.

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 * "Women in the Victorian era -." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
 * "Life of Women in the Victorian Era." //EzineArticles Submission - Submit Your Best Quality Original Articles For Massive Exposure, Ezine Publishers Get 25 Free Article Reprints//. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
 * "Victorian Era Women." //Harper House//. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.

Items that represented women of higher class in the Victorian Era
__**Work Cited:**__ Further Research [|First Link] This first link is a reliable source. This site is copyrighted to Indiana University, and was rated "superior" by //Britannica.com, Schoolzone fivestar, Edsitement//, and more. Also, the general writer, Perry Willet, is from Indiana University and can be emailed; there is a link that lists the authors and the work cited used for the website. [|Second Link] This link also has a link on the page that leads to a credits page that states who the authors are and where the sources come from. Also, this site won many web awards, including //BBC Education Web Guide, Edsitement//, and much more.
 * "YouTube - Victorian Era Women's Fashion Picture Montage." //YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.// Web. 23 Feb. 2010
 * //History of Visual Communication//. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.