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
And the spotsville military park, he is now working as an interpreter in military programs at the colonialsburg foundation. He lives in williamsburg with his wife johanna, and please welcome we join me in welcoming ryan quint. Well, thank you. How is everyone doing . Yeah. Everybody excited to be here . Yeah. Good. It would not be a great answer if you said no, because we are five minutes into the program. Awesome to see you and great to see some not so familiar faces. I was so excited when the program was announced with the forgotten battles of the civil war. And so my book was in 2017 and then the question was whats next . At the time i worked at the s s slosingberg park. And so when you look into some of the battles the smaller they are, the easier they are to be forgott forgotten, and i then found dranesville that i have been working on and hope the make a book out of it. So, polling the audience. Has anyone heard of the battle of dranesville . Okay. Second question, do you know wh
Without 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 all the sudden, middleclass women did not have visible means of support. We saw this more in the south than in the north because the war was fought mainly in the south. These women would become prostitutes. It was not an attractive choice. It was certainly not their first choice, but between that and starvation, its what they did. They had their place in society. It was considered ill bred and import taste for middleclass men to visit their carnal lest otherwise. So respectable women understood that is what men did. Respectable women were not supposed to enjoy Sexual Congress with her husband. The dream prostitutes had their own benches in the park, their own seats in the theater. Brothels were owned and run by women. They did employ male surgeons and mail bouncers, typically called fan
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About Victorian Era marriage expectations and civil war brothels. My name is Cheryl Williams and i am portraying the reenactment, what it would have been like to be a victorian prostitute. The American Civil War was in the smack middle of the Victorian Era. Women were either 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. South this more in the than in the north. So the women would become prostitutes. It was not their first choice, but between that and starvation, they did it. Had a time, prostitutes place in society. It was considered ill bred, in poor taste, for middleclass men to visit their carnal lust on their wives. So respectable women, while they may not like it, understood thats wh