Women's Life In The 1800s In America at Life

Women's Life In The 1800s In America. In the mid 1800’s, women became resistant to the oppression by men and they wanted to become totally independent. Before the passing of the 1887 married woman’s property act, when a woman got married she could not own property, even.

During the same decades, the role of women in america changed. They oversaw managing the household, including baking, sewing, educating the children, producing soap and candles, and more. They were pressured by popular literature and magazines to devote all of their time and energy to keeping a clean house and were looked down upon if even one item was out of place.

Four Settlers In The West Photograph by Underwood Archives

Before the passing of the 1887 married woman’s property act, when a woman got married she could not own property, even. The united states began as a largely rural nation, with most people living on farms or in small towns and villages. The present disproportion of female teachers in the america is deeply rooted in our nation’s history. Women could not make any financial decisions, they couldn’t own property…