What were the changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth century? Explain the factors which led to this change.
How did the condition of women workers change from 19th to 20th centuries in London?
The kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth century were of domestic maids who cooked, cleaned and cared for young children on low wages.
The factors which led to this change:
(i)Ties between members of households loosened, and among the working class the institution of marriage tended to break down.
(i)Women of the upper and middle classes in Britain, on the other hand, faced increasingly higher levels of isolation.
Give two reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century.
Explain any three reasons for which the population of London city expanded during the nineteenth century.
How does the existence of a large urban population affect each of the following? Illustrate with historical examples.
(a) A private landlord.
(b) A Police Superintendent in charge of law and order.
(c) A leader of a political party.
Give explanations for the following:
Why well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century?
Give explanations for the following:
Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants?
