This essay deals with the status of upper- and upper middle class British women from the Victorian era to the twenty-first century. I will look at how women came to be equal with men and what the steps leading to equality were. However, the main focus of the essay will be on how women are treated in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, how it reflects its time and how you can see the conditions as a backdrop for the fictional story. I will look at the privileges women had, and also examine the limitations and norms they had and the obligations society forced on them.
Jane Austen (1775-18…
