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Popular attitudes to poverty had changed to quite a large degree. There were changes and continuity to some of the events which made attitudes soften towards the deserving poor, but until the twentieth century, the undeserving poor were confined to the workhouse. ... The workhouse had to offer a way of life that was less attractive than survival on outdoor relief. ... Poverty was being treated and compared to crime.
1847 was an important year in change in attitudes to the poor and development of the Poor Law. ... This shows that some were finally starting to have sympathy for the poor, indicating small-scale change.
Novelists ponder and concentrate the attitudes of the society inside of which they are working. Charles Dickens had a direct experience of poverty. The ways he portrayed poverty and the poor had a formidable influence in forming public opinion. ... Engravings were being mass produced and the reason for this was there was much demand from the respectable rich and middle classes, this was a sign of change in attitudes. ... They showed more sympathy to those in poverty, by claiming poverty was economic, not moral, and also helping the able-bodied find jobs. There was some small change in some people’s attitudes to dealing with the poor, but also there was continuity of less eligibility. ... Between 1880 and 1905 successive governments extended welfare legislation and started to make changes. Attitudes were changing, they were softening towards the ‘deserving’ poor, though the effect of this hardened the poor law towards the ‘undeserving’.
Old age had been shown to be a major cause of poverty. ... The only real change this act made was that pensions were paid as a right and not at the discretion of a guardian.
Approximate Word count = 1403
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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