The Victorian Attitude Towards Women

The Victorian Attitude Towards Women


The depravation of the married women in the Victorian era existed not only in the stripping of all her legal rights, but that no obligations were placed in her realm. Upon marriage, Victorian brides surrendered all rights to property and personal wealth to their husbands. Women were, under the law, "legally incompetent and irresponsible." A married women was entitled to no legal say in any matter, unless it was sponsored and endorsed by her husband. Helpless to the power of civil au...