Women in Victorian Society- Household

 Women had unwritten rules, when it came to how to properly act in the household. A woman's duty was to obey, honor, and love the husband and cherish the support he brings the family. Keep the house clean and in tact while raising many children was a common responsibility for a woman in the Victorian era. It was a very crucial duty in British culture to be able to run a respectable household and secure the happiness in the home. Women that did not support this duty to their best ability were frowned upon and often given harsh criticism by others. Why this roles of a British woman in the Victorian era was a common theme played around the world at the time,  the British had a way of doing things with proper class.
A famous poem written in the Victorian Era showcases the role of woman in the household. 
"Angel in the House", written by Coventry Patmore, published in  1854:


Man must be pleased; but him to please

Is woman's pleasure; down the gulf
Of his condoled necessities
She casts her best, she flings her breast [...]

She loves with love that cannot tire;
And when, ah woe, she loves alone,
Through passionate duty love springs higher,

As grass grows taller round a stone.


The poem shows the gratitude the author showed for the woman of the household. The nickname, "Household General" was often used for a housewife. The term was coined by Isabella Beeton, as she describes on her best selling Victorian manual: Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, The role of a woman is compared to the commander of an army or the leader of an enterprise.