Title: Marriage, Children, and Home Life in the 1700s - 18th Century History -- The Age of Reason and Change
Headings: Marriage, Children, and Home Life in the 1700s
Marriage, Children, and Home Life in the 1700s
Marriage and Childbirth
Children and Home Life
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Content: What was it like to have a baby and raise a family in the 1700s? What did the average household look like? In this article, we’re exploring what it was like to get married and have children in the 1700s (or the 18th Century). Ready to travel back in time? Keep reading. Marriage and Childbirth
Marrying a person for love was rare in the 1700s. Most married for money or status. Well-to-do women almost always married wealthy men and men always married upper-class women. Otherwise, they would face major humiliation from their families and social circles. Wealthy people believed that a poor woman wouldn’t possess the social graces necessary to fit in with their class.