... vote. It is useful to establish the social political and economic position of women in the years leading up to 1914. In the 1850`s, a steriotypical view of the family life existed in Britian which centred on the middle class conception of the family, which was the dominant male figure of the family being the proctector, breadwinner and dicision maker and the wife viewed as a carer for the family. Education was fairly poor for the women, their school curriculum was restricted so they were taught how to cook, sew play the piano and read in order to prepare them for marriage. Also the majority of males did not like their wives to be clever or well educated as it made them feel intherior and stupid. Victorian Britian was very much male dominated within the family, however social and economic changes occured from 1850-1914 which resulted in significant advances ...

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