Context Flashcards
Women’s Rights-England
Women in England couldn’t vote until 1928(some could vote in 1918-age 30)
Women’s Rights-Norway
In Norway Universal Suffrage(the right to vote) was established a little earlier in 1913.
Women
The main value of women during this era was to please their husbands and be role models to their husbands and children.
Significance of Nora’s Name
Nora’s name can be interrupted as symbolising Norway; Nationalism and the national anthem reflected the upholding of gender roles for the construction. The home is the woman’s place.
1854 Swedish law
classified married women as minors along with children and the insane.
1863 Swedish law
Norwegian women became independent of male guardians.
1866 Swedish law
The right for unmarried women to earn a living in trade or craft was granted.
1854 Swedish law
Allowed women the same right as men to inherit wealth. This was seen as the beginning of emancipation for women.
meaning of Naturalism
Natural’ originally related to justice which was based upon innate moral feeling, the concept of instinctively knowing what is right through feelings.
women 2.0
Men had a habit of desexualising the beloved female e.g Virgin Mary