women of the past

Today we are told the women of the past were slaves to men. That in the 1800's they could not go to college. The truth is that in the 1800's Queen Victoria ruled the Great Britain, it is not called the United Kingdom for nothing. At that time the UK was the most powerful empire on earth it controlled 20% of the earth's surface. There were many women who worked in the 1800's. True many had traditional jobs like nurse and school teacher. However many own small business.