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Women

see also Childhood - Babies

see also Crime - Prostitution

see also Health - Beauty Products

§ Children, Family, Husband and Friends

— 'at home' and morning call

— the 'grass-widow'

— husband and wife law (1) (2)

— husbands

— illegitimate children

— infanticide amongst the poor

— 'Lions' Providers'

— The Mistress of the House

— monthly nurses

— 'Poor Mother!'

— wet nurses (1) (2)

— wife-beating (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

— wives

§ Courtship, Marriage & Romance

— 'A Marriage in High Life'

— 'A Book for Brides'

— 'Breach of Promise Cases'

— cohabitation

— courtship

— engagement etiquette

— 'huckstering hymen' (1) (2)

— letter-writing, relating to marriage

— 'London Matrimonial'

— marriage amongst the poor (1) (2) (3)

— marriage etiquette

— marriage law (1871)

— marriage settlements and property

— 'Rational Coquetry'

— 'The Speculative Mama'

— 'sweethearting' in tea gardens

— Valentine's Day

— a wedding

— weddings

— 'Whom to Marry, When to Marry, and How to be Married (1871)

§ Education, Employment & Emancipation

— accomplishments (1) (2) (3)

— bloomerism / taking men's roles

— 'city work-girls'

— education

— emancipation

— 'The Employment of Women'

— female barristers

— female clerks

— 'The Girl of the Period'

— 'Occupations Accessible to Women'

— photographers

— technical education

— telephonists

— votes for women

— waitresses

— 'A Woman's Rights Debate'

— 'Woman's Work'

— women as authors

— women as cheap labour (1) (2)

— women as doctors

— women as telegraphists

— women in the Post Office

— women in the work-force, increasing number

— 'women's rights'

see also Guide to the Unprotected in Matters Relating to Property and Income, for a wide-ranging explanation of personal finance management for women

§ Health and Beauty

— 'Advice to a Stout Women'

— 'Calisthenics for Ladies'

— 'Feminine Diet'

— 'Grace of Movement'

— 'gymnastic exercises' (1) (2)

— 'How to Avoid Growing Stout'

— keeping oneself attractive

— 'Making-up'

— 'Nursing and After Nursing'

— pregnancy, health-care during

— 'Secrets of Beauty'

— 'Stout Women'

— 'Stucco for the Softer Sex'

— 'The Art of Growing Old Gracefully'

— 'The Secret of Looking Young'

— 'Thin Women'

§ In Public

see also Clothing

see also Transport - Road - Bicycles

— 1880s

— 'coffee-rooms' in City restaurants

— dining in 1850s (1) (2)

— dressing to match one's age

— 'English Women' (by an American)

— etiquette

— fighting

— gossips

— hotels, rooms for women

— 'The Ladies Club'

— ladies on omnibuses (1) (2) (3) (4)

— ladies on trains

— luggage

— on the streets (1) (2)

— requirement to feign ignorance of immorality

— shopping

— smoking

— a single woman

— votes for women

— women acrobats (1) (2) (3)

— women and art (1895)

— women and literature (1895)

— women and politics (1895) (1) (2)

— women's clubs (1) (2)

— women's demeanour

— women drivers

— women smoking

§ Sexuality

— bloomerism / taking men's roles

— cross-dressing

— the 'man-woman'

— old maids