Choices for women. Women were in essence supposed to be the pillar of the household, the center of the family. Were talking about middleclass women. So without any means of support, you had very few choices. You could be a domestic servant. You could be a laundress, or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood, meaning that all of a sudden, middleclass women didnt really have any visible means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north, because the war was fought mainly in the south. So these women would become prostitutes. It was not an attractive choice. It was certainly not their first choice, but between that and starvati starvation, thats what they did. Now at the time of the victorian era, prostitutes actually had their place in society. At that time, it was considered illbred, in poor taste, for middleclass men to visit their carnal lusts on their wiveser so respectful women, while they may not have liked it, under
Every july for the past 25 years, the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee has hosted a civil war battle reenactment at history village depicting camp life. Next, we talk to reenactor is about Victorian Era marriage expectations and civil war brothels. My name is Cheryl Williams and i am portraying today at the reenactment, what it would have been like to be a victorian prostitute. At the time of the American Civil War which was smack in the middle of Victorian Era, there were very few choices for women. Women were, in essence, supposed to be the pillar of the household. The center of the family. Were talking about middle class women. Without any means of support, you have a few choices. You could be domestic servant, or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood. All of a sudden, middle class women did not really have any means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north because the war was fought mainly in the south. These wo
Reenactment what it wouldve been like to be a victorian prostitute. At the time of the american civil war, there were few choices for women. Women were in essence supposed to be the pillar of the household, the center of the family. We are talking about middleclass women. You had few choices. You could be a domestic servant. A laundress. Or you could work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood. All of a sudden, middleclass women did not have any visible means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north of the war was fought mainly in the south. Women would become prostitutes. It was not an attractive choice. It was not their first choice. The train that and starvation, that is what they did. At the time of the victorian era, prostitutes had a place in society. It was considered in poor taste for middleclass men to visit their carnal lust on their wives so respectable women, wide while they may not have liked it, understood that that i
An area called berkshire county. A pretty place that used to be isolated, surrounded by hills and mountains. Not big like the alps or our rockies but big enough to discourage traveling in the old days. Going west from boston, you had to head over the passes on the old mohawk trail. Then you got into an area maybe 20 miles wide and 50 miles long. Like a lot of new england towns, there are the traditional white houses and neat gardens and picket fences. That is the oldest house. Then there are the churches. And the town hall. The country around stockbridge has forest, farms, water in good supply. They tell me it is much like the lake country in england, including the writers to go along with the scenery. Hermann melville, the author of dick, live here. Lived here. In the summertime, the quiet of the town changes to a bustle of summer visitors, who come to enjoy the countryside, the theater, the ballet at jacobs pillow, and of course the concerts at tanglewood, where the boston symphony p
Second, but he was in a thing called the civil war. You can understand that. Andrew jackson was really, really treated badly. In fact, his wife died during the process. A lot of people said she died because of the way they were treated. I mean, she was heartbroken and broken in so many other ways. I heard that for years. And i look now, even last night i was saying it. I said, Andrew Jackson or anybody else, when you think of the fake things, nobody has been treated like trump in terms of badly. No, thats true. Thats true. Thats definitely true. There is some truth to that, willie geist. Its hard for me not to also look at the person asking the questions. I mean, are you kidding me . These networks floating trumps lies. Im not going to make fun of it or anything, but it is creating a whole level of lies that people are swallowing whole because they think thats news. They think those are facts. Thats the part thats sad. I mean, its pathetic that donald trump parallels himself to Abraham