Victorian Social Class

Victorian England Charlotte Bronte’s time was a lot different than life is today. Bronte grew up in Victorian England and her family was pretty well off. Jobs, social class, and how people were treated was a lot different and harsher than we have it these days. Social class and how women and children were treated was dependent upon how much money their ancestors had and whether they had to work for their money or not.
In Victorian England there were very distinct and important classes among the people in England. The classes consisted of the working class, the middle class, and the upper class, these were very strict and if not abided by punishments could be life threatening. The upper class, “consisted

There were still differences based on what social class they were in but most of their priorities were the same. Women were . . . “supposed to live a highly restrictive life with their life centered around their husband and subsequently their children (Victorian Women).” This was the case no matter what social class the women were considered to be a part of. The women in the higher class spent lots of time at social gatherings helping young women of their class become proper. These women were often very well educated and they were expected to instruct the servants. Next was the middle class, “The women belonging to this class were expected to take education, help in the family business and try to get married into the nobility (Victorian Women).” Though they were very close to the upper class they were also different in many ways. Next was the working class, they were the lowest of classes but the women were still in many ways the same as the other classes. The working class women were required to work sometimes in labor which was not very suitable for them. Even though they had to work they were still expected to take care of the children and husbands. So, they were the class of women that was the hardest at work and they still got no