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Feminist ideas spread among the educated middle classes, discriminatory laws were repealed, and the women's suffrage movement gained momentum in the last years of the Victorian era. [1] In the Victorian era, women were seen, by the middle classes at least, as belonging to the domestic sphere, and this stereotype formed firm expectations for ...
Emily Mary Osborn (1828–1925), or Osborne, was an English painter of the Victorian era. [1] [2] She is known for her pictures of children and her genre paintings, especially on themes of women in distress.
Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden (née Elphinstone Fleeming; 1 June 1822 – 19 January 1865), [1] commonly known as Lady Clementina Hawarden, [2] [n 1] was a British amateur portrait photographer [3] of the Victorian era. She produced over 800 photographs mostly of her adolescent daughters.
For most of the Victorian era, people thought it was normal for men and women to be treated differently, and judged by different standards. For most of the Victorian era, people thought it was ...
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.
Eleanor Vere Boyle (née Gordon; 1 May 1825 – 29 July 1916) was a Scottish artist of the Victorian era whose work consisted mainly of watercolor illustrations in children's books. These illustrations were strongly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites , being highly detailed and haunting in content.
Image credits: tvalwx #2. My hubby snapped this pic as I fell asleep sitting up, breastfeeding our 2 week old twins. Exhausted doesn’t fully describe this experience as I was healing from 2 ...
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 ...