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 settlements and property
— 'Rational Coquetry'
— 'The Speculative Mama'
— 'sweethearting' in tea gardens
— Valentine's Day
— a wedding
— weddings
§
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
— telegraphists (ILN Picture Library)
— telephonists
— votes for women
— 'A Woman's Rights Debate'
— women as authors
— women as cheap labour (1)
(2)
— women as doctors
— women in the Post Office
— women in the work-force, increasing number
— 'women's rights'
§
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
— '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 and art (1895)
— women and literature (1895)
— women and politics (1895) (1)
(2)
— women's clubs (1)
(2)
— women's demeanour
— women drivers
§
Sexuality
— bloomerism / taking men's roles
— cross-dressing
— the 'man-woman'
— old maids