Daily Life

1. Daily Life Maddy Jenkins Tiffany Looney Jared Smith Laura Pritts Jacob Robertson James Mayhall 6th Period

2. Different Societies • New technology was being developed, changing the different levels. • The new technology was even making the higher class wealthier. • Many of the lower classes progressed into the middle class.

3. Relationships Between Men and Women • All women were expected to marry at a young age. • All the wealth of the women belonged to their husbands. • Men would get violent a lot over small things. • The women had no say in what religion her family should believe in.

4. How Women Were Treated and Judged • Life in the 19th century was unbearable for women. • Women of all 3 classes were property of their husbands. • Father’s did not want their daughters to work or get dirty.

5. Women and Their Careers • Many of women’s jobs were to take care of their families and houses and nothing else. • The most important job any woman could do was to teach. • If women worked at a hospital patients would be sent to an opposite hospital where no women worked at.

6. Finger Points of Dining • They covered their mouth with a napkin when sneezing. • If they couldn’t stop a cough then they would go outside until the tickle was gone. • If they needed to burp then they would have tried to avoid it at all times.

7. Forms of Address • The servant was renamed the same name of the last servant. • The husband and wife only called each other Mrs. and Mr. • If a guest was to be at the home then the host would ask what they would like to be called.

8. Manners For Guests at Their Home • They never used a knife to convey food to their mouth. • They only used a spoon or a fork to eat with. • They never ate too fast or too slow. • They never strained on one’s side in their chair ,put elbows on the table , or even started to twist around in their chair.

9. How a Gentlemen Acts • They never swore or never failed to raise a hat to either sex. • They never hurt anyone , showed anger, or failed to be wise. • He has a concern for making everybody happy. • He always acts nice from his heart to everybody.

10. How a Lady Acts on the Street • She does not show much attention. • She is always modest, kind, and obliging. • She should always remember the gentleman first. • She never used the gentleman’s first name.

11. Ladies Art of Conversation • Politics and religion are to be avoided at all times unless they were to their best friend. • If someone acted terrible to them they would just respond calmly. • They only spent a few minutes with each guess in order to talk to each guest.

12. Working Class Men • Many men were already skilled workers in more than one profession. • Artisans describe the working class. • Shipyards and coal mines proved to be very dangerous.

13. Working Class Women • Lower class women worked in sweatshops. • People considered it slavery because of the low pay. • Men were against women being doctors. • Upper class women were not expected to earn a living

14. Working Children • Children had jobs that adults were too big to do. • Chimney sweeps, Coal mines, and odd jobs were the usual jobs of Children • Many kids that worked in the mines were killed from falling asleep while working and being run over.

15. Wages for Workers • The wages for men were 15 shillings a day. • Women earned and Children earned 10 or less shillings a day. • Families slowly began to have more money than they ever had in this era.

16. New Inventions Break Way! • In 1856, a Mr. Perkins discovered aniline dyes, Which, in their early stages, were crude and bright. This discovery led to the invention of the sewing machines.

17. Gloves for Men and Women • For women: • The gloves were worn to keep hands warm and at night, to keep hands soft and white. • For men: • The gloves were worn to dinner parties or to balls, and were generally made from wool.

18. Hairstyles and shawls • Many women wore “bun” pennies, also worn by young Queen Victoria. • By 1840, Paisley shawls had become very popular. This traditional pattern is still worn today.

19. Crinolines • When the crinoline was invented, women abandoned 5-6 layers of petticoats in favor of stiff horsehair fabric to support the new heavier dresses.

20. Children’s Clothing • Girls wore shorter dresses than the adult women, but the waists were nearly as tight. • Boys were normally dressed very formally. • At the age of 6, they started wearing sailor suits or velvet suits. • Until then they wore petticoats.

21. Facial Hair and Hats for Men • Their hair was long and curly. “Mutton-chop” whiskers and moustaches were very fashionable. • There was v large variety of hats. The straw beater, which is still worn,, the boater was worn, a gay, striped blazer, as anyone who has read, or seen Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.

22. Pants and Suits • Pants • Cinched-in waists, sometimes achievable only with a corset, became fashionable as breeches practically disappeared. • Suits • Men wore knee-length frock-coats in silk or velvet, in plain, dark, colors. They had silk waistcoats and wore a sash around the middle.

23. Victorian Decorations and Furniture • Most furniture was gold , silver , expensive , and hand made. • Victorian had decorations for each season. • Victorians used plants and trees to decorate their homes. • Most pieces of furniture were small couches or coffee tables.

24. High Class Manners • Most bracelets and small fans were very popular. • To eat with good manners you need to always eat with a fork or spoon. • Do not eat to fast or to slow it may be offensive to the host. • In low middle classes they just ate so they did not starve.

25. Victorian Heating and Lighting • In early Victorian life they had spots with dirt floors and open fires with a lot of vents in the ceiling . • They sometimes slept in the attic that got more heat than the bottom floors . • In early Victorian times they used gas or oil lamps the Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1979.

26. Middle and Poor Classes • Most middle class people were small business owners or clerks. • The higher middle class could have some parties but could not just spend a ton of money. • Most poor class people had no jobs and barley lived .

27. Victorian Houses • Most Victorians lived in large houses with attic’s and basements. • Most middle class people lived in cottages or small work houses. • Victorian houses had a lot of decorations and colors.

28. Entertainment Activities • A Victorian child's entertainment was toys. • On Sunday a Victorian child only played with religious toys. • At the end of a religious day the last part of entertainment was when the family gathered and sang hymns and read biblical verses.

29. Vacation Activities • Seaside holidays and vacations were popular with those who had time and money to get away. • Preferred retreats included Brighton, known for its appeal to those with “class”, and the town of Ramsgate, frequented by genteel families of moderate means such as the Tuggs in Dickens’s sketches by Boz.

30. Leisure Activities • With creation of parks, libraries, art galleries, and museums Victorians had more leisure activities. • There were two main sports played in the Victorian era cricket and rugby.