Question

Why did the idea of woman suffrage seem radical in the Victorian era?

Queen Victoria was personally against it.
Women’s roles were seen as limited to home and family.
The idea had never been considered before.

Answer 1

In the Victorian era women had little control over their lives or bodies.

First they were the possession of their fathers, who would then marry them off to men who then became their "owners." Any woman who married gave up the right to own property, said property [including children] became the property of their husbands.

Husbands had the right to physically assault their wives. Assaults included emotional abuse, physical abuse, and rape.

Most women were uneducated or undereducated. They did have practical skills in math and science to allow them to run a household. The concept of reliable birth control was unknown and women might have as many as 15 children only to watch them often die before the age of five.

The prevailing attitude was that women were not intelligent enough, too emotionally unstable and physically weak to be able to vote. Even women believed it, and many fought for suffrage for freed slaves but only males.

Answer 2

I think the answer is B