Rossetti Flashcards
A married woman’s property?
before 1870 any money made by the women automatically became property of her husbands
married women had no claim to their property as her husband had full control
married women could not make contracts or incur debts without her husbands approval.
married womens property act 1870?
this provided that wages and property which a wife earned through her own work would be regarded as her separate property
when was Rosseti born?
1830
Rossettis condition
diagnosed as having a heart condition other doctors say she was mentally ill
ways in which rossettis religious beliefs impacted her way of life
-she helped prostitutes gain domestic skills
-she turned down 2 potential husbands on the ground of religious incompatibility
how were women represented in the literature of Rossetti’s time?
the depiction of women in the Victorian era was as per the reality during that time; women were considered less than men and they didn’t have the right to vote, sue or own property.
delicate, housewives, married
what were Rossetti’s views on votes for women
Rossetti did not support female suffrage. some critics have compared her conservative views with the self-loathing expressed in ‘From the Antique’.
At the age of 14, Rossetti suffered
an emotional breakdown. This has been attributed to various causes and influences. It is likely that its onset was caused by combination of factors linked to her family, her fears regarding her faith and her anxieties about her writings.
at the age of 18, Rossetti became engaged to Pre-Raphaelite artist James Collinson.
She broke off the engagement in 1850 because he converted to Roman Catholicism.
How are me n bro and what do we do before a glide
Me n bro stick together like fin n ferb best know before I hit a glide ima bill it first
