Life in the colony of Victoria during the 19th century was really difficult for women. If unable to cope without husbands or work theyd stick up by theft or prostitution. Life in prison house was of course, no better. Although men and women were held in separate cells they were still in close contact of each other and the women were often overt to degrading and dangerous situations. The prison officers were more fierce and clownish towards the females than the males. Even the Discharged Prisoners Aid Society (a group of spate who help to rehabilitate ex-prisoners back into the society) refused to help women.
In 1893, Emma Williams came to Melbourne from Tasmania scarce in that location wasnt much work and life became increasingly difficult. She became pregnant and currently after, her husband died of a disease called typhoid. She couldnt support herself and her baby so she tried to give her son to a baby husbandman who is a person similar to a baby sitter, but she couldnt give up her son. Finally she had to resort to prostitution for survival.
In recently August 1895, she was found guilty of drowning her own baby. Despite petitions against her execution, Emma was hanged.
Emmas composition represents the actions some women were forced to take in order to detain during the 1800s.
Eventually, action was taken to make life better for women; they were unconnected entirely from the men in prison and a womans recourse shelter was built for those who were struggling to cope. Since then, many more shelters founder been built and general treatment of woman has improved.
Thank you for opening my eye to a part of the world in which I hold out nearly nothing of its history!!
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