LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY (18TH 19TH) CENTURIES
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A debate about whether women should be able to vote
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A discussion of women’s roles inside and outside the home
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A conversation about women’s work as a product of the Industrial Revolution
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All of these answers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The woman question in Victorian England referred to the various debates about women’s place in society, with opposing voices emphasizing either the need for women to have greater economic, educational, and political opportunities or the idea that women properly belonged in the home as caretaker to her family.
Detailed explanation-2: -Context. The querelle des femmes or “woman question” originally referred to a broad debate from the 1400s to the 1700s in Europe regarding the nature of women, their capabilities, and whether they should be permitted to study, write, or govern in the same manner as men.
Detailed explanation-3: -Women in the Victorian society had one main role in life, which was to marry and take part in their husbands’ interests and business. Before marriage, they would learn housewife skills such as weaving, cooking, washing, and cleaning, unless they were of a wealthy family.
Detailed explanation-4: -The woman question became a popular topic in Russian literature which led male authors to engage in a male debate over the position of women in Russia, strictly from a male perspective.