Having lived in a modern age the thought of domestic servitude, as was seen in the Victorian age, gives me the chills. In a horror movie way, not a good way. A governess for example is thought to have a good position. Teach and care for the children. Should be simple enough, right?….. Not exactly, they often made little to no money at all, were expected to have an extensive educated background and be proficient in more than one language. They would also suffer the affections of the lord of the house, his grown male children and in response, disdain from the wife.
I think that I would not have enjoyed this job at all. While we as a society are very Victorian at least there are now better equality laws and working laws with HR departments whose sole job is to ensure things such as blatant sexual assault does not occur. (That’s not say that it does not still occur today)
Humanities 101 