CSPAN3 American Artifacts Sex Marriage During The Civil War July 13, 2024
Am portraying what it would be like to be a victorian prostitute. War,e time of the civil there were very few choices for women. Women were supposed to be the pillar of the household, the center of the family we are talking about middleclass women. Without any means of support, you had few choices. You could get domestic servant, a laundress, or work in a factory. At the time of the civil war, there was a spike in widowhood. All of a sudden, middleclass women had no means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north. So the women would become prostitutes. It was not an attractiv...
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