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The Woman Question: Questions for Analysis

Read the headnotes entitled "'The Woman Question': The Victorian Debate About Gender" on page 653 in the tenth edition of the Norton, Victorian Age. What do you learn about 19th century assumptions about the role of women in society? What qualities or characteristics were considered "essential" in women, what were Victorian attitudes toward marriage and women in the work place, what were the limited choices for women outside of marriage, and how did the pioneering writings of Charlotte Bronte and Florence Nightingale drive the movement for women's independence from the crippling constructs of womanhood?

Read Sarah Stickney Ellis's excerpt from "The Women of England: Their Social Duties and Domestic Habits." How does Ellis use the contrasts between men and women to uphold patriarchal hegemony in her essay? What are her opinions on the role of education for women? According to Ellis, for what qualities are women most valued?

Read the excerpt from Coventry Patmore's (in)famous but best-selling poem The Angel in the House, which set the oppressive standard of an ideal on women's lives. In what ways does the passage from "The Paragon" "encapsulate a patronizing Victorian attitude toward women, for which the poem is cited as prime evidence?" (Norton 659).

Read the excerpt from Florence Nightingale's Cassandra. How does Nightingale challenge the ideas put forth by Ellis and Patmore? According to Nightingale, what are the consequences of preventing women from developing their intellect and occupying themselves outside the domestic sphere?

Read the excerpts from Elizabeth Barret Browning's Book One "The Education of Aurora Leigh" and from Book 2 "Aurora's Aspirations." How does the poem characterize the British system of education for women? In what ways is Aurora schooled in how to be a proper lady? What are Aurora's aspirations for her own life, and why does she reject Romney's proposal of marriage?

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