The "traditional view" he refers to here is highly Victorian. If he were to keep going back in time he's see the "traditional view" has fluctuated greatly. The Georgian time period was more loose than the Regency one. In Colonial times many women worked as printers and shop keepers. In pre-industrial Medieval times it was women who were …
The "traditional view" he refers to here is highly Victorian. If he were to keep going back in time he's see the "traditional view" has fluctuated greatly. The Georgian time period was more loose than the Regency one. In Colonial times many women worked as printers and shop keepers. In pre-industrial Medieval times it was women who were the Alewives. Women being "in the home" is a Victorian mid to upper class ideal more than it's a traditional one because it's about class and status more than anything else. Prior to the industrial age, there was no such thing as "outside the home" because everyone was working "inside the home" so to speak to produce income. I'm generalizing here, but you get the point. And lower class women have always needed to work.
The "traditional view" he refers to here is highly Victorian. If he were to keep going back in time he's see the "traditional view" has fluctuated greatly. The Georgian time period was more loose than the Regency one. In Colonial times many women worked as printers and shop keepers. In pre-industrial Medieval times it was women who were the Alewives. Women being "in the home" is a Victorian mid to upper class ideal more than it's a traditional one because it's about class and status more than anything else. Prior to the industrial age, there was no such thing as "outside the home" because everyone was working "inside the home" so to speak to produce income. I'm generalizing here, but you get the point. And lower class women have always needed to work.