{"id":4438,"date":"2025-12-10T06:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/victorian-family-life-historian-ruth-goodman-on-marriage-and-the-home\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T06:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T06:39:38","slug":"victorian-family-life-historian-ruth-goodman-on-marriage-and-the-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/victorian-family-life-historian-ruth-goodman-on-marriage-and-the-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Family Life | Historian Ruth Goodman on marriage and the home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F0aSdXnhyk0?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In the 19th century, men took more control at home than at any other time in history. Subscribe here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/subhistoryextrayoutube <\/p>\n<p>Historian Ruth Goodman explains the \u2018male breadwinner pattern\u2019 and the employment of boys and how this affected the whole family.<\/p>\n<p>#HistoryExtra #victorianlife #victorian <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n00:30 Did working patterns change?<br \/>\n05:25 Did children help out at home?<br \/>\n08:12 What about child labour?<br \/>\n10:21 Did they use birth control?<\/p>\n<p>More episodes with Ruth Goodman are live now at https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/membership\/victorian-family-life-historyextra-academy-video-lecture\/ Gain access to the full course on Life in Victorian Britain, and much more with a membership. 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