The Victorian Age 1832 - 1901

Queen Victoria Queen victoria was born May 27, 1819 After William the 4th died in 1837, she became Queen of England She fell in love with her cousin, Prince Albert, and got married in February She died at age 80 in 1901 Queen Victoria and her family Queen Victoria as a baby

The Beginning By the beginning of the Victorian Age, Britain had shifted out of the Industrial Revolution This shift created profound economic and social changes Mass Migration of workers to industrial towns Victoria set a strict code of morals and manners Piece of Victorian art

Women of the Victorian age having tea Victorian Issues 4 controversies that concerned the Victorians: -Industrialism -Rule of women -Evolution -British forces working to expand their global influence Women of the Victorian age having tea

Wealthy women from Victorian Age Social Classes Upper Classes -Changed from hereditary Aristocrats to nobility and wealthy commercial class -Did not work, wealth came from inherited land and investments Middle Class -Performed mental or “clean” work -Was paid monthly or annually -Was steadily growing at the time Wealthy women from Victorian Age

Working class family on the streets Conditions were very poor and had little rights Huge amount of child labor 3 reform bills were passed -Gradually gave all men over 21 suffrage -Children under 9 years of age could not work in textile -Didn’t curb the growing teenage prostitution Working class family on the streets Working class family

Group of laboring children Average Wages Aristocrats - £30,000 Middle Class - £300-800 -Doctors, lawyers, clerks, etc. Lower Middle Class - £150-300 -Journalists, shopkeepers, etc. Laborers and Soldiers - £25 Group of laboring children

The Victorian Age Ends In 1861, Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, died. She became grief stricken and refused to appear in public. On January 22, 1901 Queen Victoria died at age 80 Queen Victoria’s death marked the end of the Victorian Age, and the beginning of the Edwardian age Victoria on her wedding day Victoria’s funeral proceeding