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It is a subcategry of People of the Victorian era, and should only contain women active in Britain or in the British Empire. Only women who were notable during the Victorian era should be placed here: women who were born during the Victoria era, but active later, such as in the Edwardian era , should not be placed here.
Women of the Victorian era (10 C, 280 P) B. British people of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1 C, 6 P) British people of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1 C, 6 P)
The iconic wide-brimmed women's hats of the later Victorian era also followed the trend towards ostentatious display. Hats began the Victorian era as simple bonnets. By the 1880s, milliners were tested by the competition among women to top their outfits with the most creative (and extravagant) hats, designed with expensive materials such as ...
This category contains female writers active in the United Kingdom and the British Empire during the Victorian era (the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901). This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Victorian writers .
This is a list of female poets with a Wikipedia page, listed by the period in which they were born. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Victoria is the Latin word for 'victory' [1] and the feminine form of the masculine name Victor.In Roman mythology, Victoria was the name of the goddess of victory. It has been a popular name in Anglophone countries since the reign of Queen Victoria in Britain in the 19th century, [2] who was named after her German mother.
She quickly produced a large body of portraits, and created allegorical images inspired by tableaux vivants, theatre, 15th-century Italian painters, and contemporary artists. She gathered much of her work in albums, including The Norman Album. She took around 900 photographs over a 12-year period. Cameron's work was contentious in her own time.
Prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist Vanessa O'Brien: American and British 1964: First woman to reach Earth's highest (Mt. Everest 8,848m) and lowest points (Challenger Deep 10,925m) Ida Pfeiffer: Austrian 1797: 1858: Travelled alone around the world in 1847, published books of her numerous travels Dorothy Pine: American ...