Victorian Woman

by Cooper, Suzanne Fagence

• ISBN13: 9780810965805
• ISBN10: 0810965801
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum

Summary

This colorful book explodes the myth of the passive Victorian woman and demonstrates how women rose to the challenges of the age of empire and industry. Drawing on the new Victorian medium of photography, as well as the huge range of images from advertising and magazines, it creates a fascinating picture of the diversity of women's achievements at this time. A unique Mother's Day gift.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(10)
Myth and Reality
The Angel in the House	10	(6)
Motherhood	16	(2)
Marriage and 'Redundant Women'	18	(4)
Death and Mourning	22	(4)
Children and Illegitimacy	26	(4)
Prostitutes and Mistresses	30	(4)
Art and Morality	34	(8)
Women and Work
Shopping	42	(2)
Domestic Service and Manual Labour	44	(4)
Seamstresses and Milliners	48	(2)
Factories and Workshops	50	(2)
Entertainment	52	(4)
Art and Literature	56	(6)
Pioneering Women
New Opportunities at Work	62	(2)
The `Girl of the Period'	64	(2)
The `New Woman'	66	(2)
Sport	68	(4)
Dress	72	(2)
Intrepid Women	74	(6)
Women and Education	80	(2)
Women and Medicine	82	(2)
Women's Mission	84	(3)
Women and Politics	87	(3)
Afterword	90	(1)
Notes on the Text	91	(1)
Select Bibliography	92	(2)
Index	94	(2)
Acknowledgements	96