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In what respects was there a ‘separation of spheres’ in the later half of the 19th century?
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In what respects was there a 'separation of spheres' in the later half of the 19th century? In the later half of the 19th century men and women were seen to live in 'separate spheres.' Public activity for men and domestic/private for women. However some upper class women did have the chance to do voluntary work such as charity work. Upper class women at this time where seen to obey their husbands, they had a role, they were ladies so they had to act like ladies. Women were excluded from the public sphere men where seen as top of society and women shouldn't get involved with politics as they wouldn't understand. Men were seen as more intelligent and had reason thought they had control over their wives, before 1850 the common law was that married women had no identity apart from that of her husband, husbands had the right to decide...
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