2006-10-12 09:07:17 · 13 answers · asked by leroy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
This is the first time I have read this suggestion. If it is an A level history question it is seriously flawed. SOME women went to India as part of their trawl for husbands. The upper class would not seek to marry daughters off to British Indian Army Officers as Victorian England rather looked down on its sons employed on Imperial duties.
2006-10-12 09:11:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As in a lot of socities then & now single women were a burden to be got rid of.
There were many men to be found in the army in India.The civil service was also sought after but not as posh. Thats where the word comes from Port Out Starboard Home.
The wealthy would ensure the cooler cabins out & home.
Those women who did not find a husband were known as ''The returned empties''
Women did'nt have much choice in the matter
Those that chose India had to face the fact that they would lose most of thier chilren or die in childbirth.
Many women survived read Daughters of the Empire cant recall the author,sorry
2006-10-12 16:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by echo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did NOT visit India as single women looking for husbands. Many couples did, after marriage take up a position within the civil service/ administrative bureaucracy others of course(daughters of the Raj ) found husbands while living in India with their parents.
2006-10-12 17:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people may have done this, because when India was part of the British Empire so many wealthy families lived there.....also it was seen as a good experience to go to India, travel and see part of the world.
2006-10-12 16:14:53 · answer #4 · answered by rose_merrick 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It could quite possibly be that a lot of eligible british men were officers and at one point a lot of Officers were sent out to India.
2006-10-15 03:12:26 · answer #5 · answered by Rachel W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe becuase there is actually more opportunities to meet a british man who is becoming rich or because he has establish a profitable business there already.
2006-10-12 16:09:54 · answer #6 · answered by pdcmariona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure that they ever did. The only time that I could think that they did would have been in the "hayday" of the British Emprise.
2006-10-12 16:09:08 · answer #7 · answered by Felidae 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was a long time ago but I think it was for the son of a wealthy,or royal family, who was not the heir, went into the service.
2006-10-12 16:14:58 · answer #8 · answered by Bella Donna 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes very much so because that's where the uppercrust all hung out for a life of luxury and push the people around in the days of the Raj
2006-10-12 16:12:13 · answer #9 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there are no suitable British men.
2006-10-12 16:11:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋