Victorian Family Life | Historian Ruth Goodman on marriage and the home

In the 19th century, men took more control at home than at any other time in history. Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/subhistoryextrayoutube

Historian Ruth Goodman explains the ‘male breadwinner pattern’ and the employment of boys and how this affected the whole family.

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00:00 Intro
00:30 Did working patterns change?
05:25 Did children help out at home?
08:12 What about child labour?
10:21 Did they use birth control?

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