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Was W. S. Gilbert a Victorian Feminist?
What did W.S. Gilbert think about women? During the Victorian era, the division between the worlds of men and women seemed particularly wide, with many popular male writers making efforts to restrict women to the domestic sphere of influence. But as society at large changed, the role of women in public life was expanded – women began to be admitted to colleges and universities, reformers such as John Stuart Mill advocated for women’s right to vote, and women were increasingly able to participate in the world outside their homes. So what was William S. Gilbert’s attitude toward women in the public arena? “Gilbert always enjoyed the company of women, particularly…
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Victorian Tweets to Tickle Your Fancy
I browsed around Twitter today, and found the following gems! If you’re looking for some interesting, pretty, funny and inspiring tidbits of information, check out these tweets: Victorian Cat Funerals https://twitter.com/Felix_Ineptias/status/690755602310569984 Victorian Samplers embroidered by young girls https://twitter.com/fashionatbowes/status/690848757261451264 Digital Dickens-Finding Boz online https://twitter.com/LoyolaVictorian/status/712367387656454146 A 1898 Critic’s Choice List of Best Novels – Have you read them all? https://twitter.com/michaeljwaldron/status/661616977543364608 Victorian Spinning Tops, now in GIF form https://twitter.com/drreznicek/status/661890422382333952 Ode to Kate Greenaway, Victorian illustrator https://twitter.com/LadyReedmore/status/607056679679737857 Victorian Love Letters from a Valet to a Housekeeper https://twitter.com/rosalindmwhite/status/722462413682044929 Newly discovered Charlotte Bronte poem https://twitter.com/VictStudies/status/666306557995589636 Victorian Halloween Costumes https://twitter.com/VictStudies/status/651085330163101696 Why Victorians thought women taking Tea Breaks was…
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Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace: A Book Review
I highly recommend Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady to anyone who wants to read a fascinating account of one woman's life and struggles during the mid-Victorian era.
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That singular anomaly, the lady novelist!
In The Mikado, “that singular anomaly, the lady novelist” was on Koko the Lord High Executioner’s “little list” of people who wouldn’t be missed – but although some male critics may have wished it so, lady novelists certainly weren’t singular anomalies during the Victorian era. In fact, W.S. Gilbert himself was in love with one such “anomaly.” Before he met and married Lucy Turner, who was, as he later told a friend, “his centre of every bit of happiness he had, his only peace, his only safety, his guardian angel, the only person he trusted unchangingly”, Gilbert proposed to, and was rejected by, Miss Annie Hall Thomas. Gilbert had many…
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19th C. Britain’s Changes Under Unchanging Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria was born 24 May 1819, the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent. A year later her uncle, the Prince Regent, became George IV. He reigned for 17 years. When George IV died 20 June 1837, Victoria became queen. She was crowned on 28 June 1838, a mere 18 years old. Thus began the second-longest reign of an English monarch – Queen Victoria ruled for 63 years and seven months, a length of time which has only been surpassed by the present Queen, Elizabeth II. During those six decades and more, England underwent great social, political, economic and technological changes. The English Regency, which lasted from 1811 to 1820, marked the…