birth control

[Sara Eslami]

In the 1800's there was a huge decline in the number of children per mother. From 7 to 3.5. At this time there was a limited amount of birth control methods some being abstinence and barrier methods. There was also an increase in childless marriages because men were going off to war and they would die before they had any children. This use of birth control and the increase in marriages without children had an impact on the lives of women because fewer children means more time available to spend outside of the home. The impact on literature was also significant because it gave women more time to write, although it had a higher impact on reading than it did on writing.