European Family In The 1800s

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During the late 1800s to the early 1900s, European family life was structured in a relatively strict hierarchy, despite the increased presence and activity of feminist movements. This family hierarchy consisted of a father/husband who provided for the family on top, a mother/wife who cared for the family below him, and any children a couple had resided below their parents. Today, these European families are considered “conjugal or nuclear” (Kagan et al. 128) and typically consisted “of a father and a mother and two to four children who survived into adulthood” (Kagan et al. 128). A family in Europe was not always conceived out of love and joy; it was often a means a means of survival. As European industrialization rapidly increased, specifically