The roles of women in the home in 19th century Europe are the same as those seen in Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. Nora represents the roles women had in the home and the rights they had in the 19th century. There are not many rights for women, and they have roles in the home that they must follow; like taking care of the kids or making sure the husband takes care of himself too. Women are not considered equal to men. Nora stays at home and has a nurse who will take care of her children. Nora doesn't have to spend or hide a bunch of money from her husband like she does because men are the source of income for the house and they expect to know where the money goes. They must follow the rules that men deem acceptable. Nora works at home and sometimes helps children learn the right morals in life if the nurse hasn't already done so. Alana Barton states in her research, "Wives and mothers assumed responsibility for the domestic management of the family, and 'spiritual leadership' in domestic life fell to men, although this depended on the willing obedience of wives and children" (90). ). Torvald is the head of the house and expects Nora to follow his rules and tell him everything he needs to know. The women in the play A Doll's House represent 19th century women, the life they had and how they were expected to live. It is expected that Nora will marry Torvald to have a happy life and source of income. Nora had to follow the rule that Torvald wanted and had to ask him for money otherwise she would have no money to spend. Torvald has many names for Nora such as “squirrel” and “spendthrift” (Ibsen 229). The names Torvald calls Nora show that he... in the center of the card... Alana. "A Woman's Place: Discovering Maternalistic Forms of Government in the Nineteenth-Century Reformatory." Family and community history. 14.2 (2011): p. 89-104. Premier of academic research. Network. 01 April 2014.Hutton, Marcelline J., Russian and Western European Women, 1860-1939: Dreams, Struggles, and Nightmares. Maryland. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2011. Print.Ibsen, Henrik. A doll's house. Literature: the human experience. Ed. Karen S. Henry. Massachusetts: Bedford/St. Martin 2002. 228-283. Print.Riemer, Eleanor S. and John C. Fout, eds. European Women: A Documentary History 1789-1945. Great Britain. The harvester press. 1980. Print.Wojtczak, Helena. "The Status of Women in Mid-19th-Century England: A Brief Overview." History of English women. Hastings Press, 2003. Web. 01 April 2014. Ziegenfuss, Jen. “Marriage in the Victorian era” clas.ufl.edu. Network. 01 April. 2012.