Men+&+Women+in+Late+Nineteenth+Century

  Man for the field and woman for the hearth: Man for the sword and for the needle she: Man with the head and woman from the heart: Man to command and woman to obey:  How accurately do the lines of poetry above reflect gender roles for European men and women in the late 19th century?
 * By Kendra Witt **

** Thesis: ** The poem reflects the majority of women and men in the late 19th century, women at home taking care of kids while the men work and have many rights although some women began to fight for rights of their own like Emmeline Pankhurst and her Suffragettes. ** Men: ** Men to work Men to take care of women Men paid more than women Smarter Rights ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Women:  ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Women less than men <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Weaker <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Less smart <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Should stay at home and raise kids <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No Property Rights <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hard to get divorce <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Abortion <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No custody rights <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No need to get higher education <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dependent on men ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Changes: ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Emmeline Pankhurst <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Suffragettes <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Montessori <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“New Woman”