anthropology drastically changed people's life -German philosophers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Comte exerted great influences over British ideological field. -Darwin's Origin of Species (1859)and The Descent of Man (1871)shook the theoretical basis of the conventional religious faith. The Problem of Women -In 1837 when Queen Victoria came to the throne,married women had no property rights,not even in the proceeds of their ⊙ own earnings.They had no rights to custody of their own children and were excluded from universities and professions. -In this period,sexual inequality in politics,economic life. education and social positions still prevailed;women were still regarded as second-class citizens. -The explosive growth of industry,especially the textile industry,brought hundreds of thousands of women into factory jobs. -In factories,women were employed as cheap labor and were forced to do very heavy and hard jobs for about half the usual pay.The unbearable working conditions and unemployment drove thousands of women into prostitution. -Factory work presented an increasing challenge to theanthropology drastically changed people’s life. - German philosophers such as Ludwig Feuerbach and Comte exerted great influences over British ideological field. - Darwin’s Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871) shook the theoretical basis of the conventional religious faith. The Problem of Women - In 1837 when Queen Victoria came to the throne, married women had no property rights, not even in the proceeds of their own earnings. They had no rights to custody of their own children and were excluded from universities and professions. - In this period, sexual inequality in politics, economic life, education and social positions still prevailed; women were still regarded as second-class citizens. - The explosive growth of industry, especially the textile industry, brought hundreds of thousands of women into factory jobs. - In factories, women were employed as cheap labor and were forced to do very heavy and hard jobs for about half the usual pay. The unbearable working conditions and unemployment drove thousands of women into prostitution. - Factory work presented an increasing challenge to the 10’