Role+of+Women+1800s



The role of women in the 1800s was merely to raise a family and take care of the house. A women divorcing her husband was not heard of which explains why eventhough Nora loved another man, she had to stay with her husband. The websites below goi nto detail on what a woman's life was like in the 1800s.

[|Women's Role in Marriage] [|Womes History]

Women were not allowed to divorce their husbands, they could only leave him if they found him to be unfaithful. Obviously in our society today there are many more women who are like Nora. Today it is normal for spouses to divorce, by choice of the man or the woman. This chart shows the divorce rate in Norway, the setting of //A Doll's House.//