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Although some 19th-century wives objected, records of 18th-century women resisting their sales are non-existent. With no financial resources, and no skills on which to trade, for many women a sale was the only way out of an unhappy marriage. [18] Indeed, the wife is sometimes reported as having insisted on the sale.
The Berkley Horse. Theresa Berkley ran a high-class flagellation brothel at 28 Charlotte Street [1] (which is today's 84–94 Hallam Street). [2] She was a "governess", meaning she specialised in chastisement, whipping, flagellation, and the like. [3]
Scholarly discussions of Victorian women's sexual promiscuity was embodied in legislation (Contagious Diseases Acts) and medical discourse and institutions (London Lock Hospital and Asylum). [7] The rights and privileges of Victorian women were limited, and both single and married women had to live with heterogeneous hardships and disadvantages.
Society and culture of the Victorian era refers to society and culture in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era--that is the 1837-1901 reign of Queen Victoria. The idea of "reform" was a motivating force, as seen in the political activity of religious groups and the newly formed labour unions.
By the Victorian era, penal transportation to Australia was falling out of use since it did not reduce crime rates. [39] The British penal system underwent a transition from harsh punishment to reform, education, and training for post-prison livelihoods. The reforms were controversial and contested.
The Eliza Armstrong case was a major scandal in the United Kingdom involving a child bought for prostitution for the purpose of exposing the evils of sexual slavery.While it achieved its purpose of helping to enable the passage of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, it also brought unintended consequences to W. T. Stead.
Realism was a popular form of painting in the Victorian era, that was received well by art audiences. [15] [16]: 153 The Victorian Art World, and English art academy considered realism to be a high art. [16]: 167 Detail from The Babylonian Marriage Market, showing the auctioning of the first bride. Her face is hidden to the painting's audience.
Advertisement by Sarah Russel in a newspaper. Sarah Rachel Russell or Leverson or Levison (c.1814 – 12 October 1880) was a British con artist, businesswoman, entrepreneur, suspected brothel manager, and felon who lived in early nineteenth century London, England during the reign of Queen Victoria.
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