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The category is for women of significance in the Victorian era of British history, from 1837–1901. It is a subcategry of People of the Victorian era, and should only contain women active in Britain or in the British Empire .
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 ...
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Women of the Victorian era (10 C, 280 P) W. Women ennobled by William IV (1 C) Women of the Regency era (1 C, 63 P) 19th-century British women writers (6 C, 243 P)
The silhouette changed once again as the Victorian era drew to a close. The shape was essentially an inverted triangle, with a wide-brimmed hat on top, a full upper body with puffed sleeves, no bustle, and a skirt that narrowed at the ankles [11] (the hobble skirt was a fad shortly after the end of the Victorian era). The enormous wide-brimmed ...
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 .
Osborn's most famous work is Nameless and Friendless (1857), which has been called "The most ingenious of all Victorian widow pictures." [12] It depicts a recently bereaved woman attempting to make a living as an artist by offering a picture to a dealer, while two "swells" at the left ogle her. The creation of this piece was a product of its time.