What Are Gender Roles In The 1800's

Throughout the past centuries between 1800 all the way through 2017, the gender roles between men and women have drastically changed. In the 1800’s it was very common for men to go to school, acquire an education, and use their education to earn a job that lead to a future success. The men provided a house, the food, and often, the materials needed for day to day life. As the man worked, the roles of the woman were to care and nurture the man, keep the home clean and tidy, and if any, watch after the children as they grow older. Interestingly enough, as time progressed this very different and separated list of common roles for each gender has changed. In the novel A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle, women’s gender roles are tested by the men in the surrounding society whereas the only woman of value is Miss Irene Adler.
Women wanted to be educated but were constantly put down because of their gender. Two very impressive women by the names, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star soon founded “Hull House”. “Hull House” was a settlement house project in the 19th ward of Chicago, Illinois. Settlement houses are houses where women and men of all ages of the lower class are provided with schooling and other fun activities for them to enjoy. Over the span of one entire year, more than one-hundred “Hull Houses” were built all over the wonderful United States of America. Women in the 1890’s were not very educated. They were usually married and had children at a very young age, compared to the years