The real female Victorian detectives were every bit as bold as their fictional counterparts – and far more prevalent than we ...

In the Victorian period ... urban planning at the University of the West of England in Bristol. There was a negative attitude towards building women's toilets as it was considered improper ...

The monarch set fashion trends during her time, and the flower holder became a sought-after accessory in Victorian society ...

Shedding new light on the alternative, emancipatory Germany discovered and written about by progressive women writers during the long nineteenth century, this illuminating study uncovers a country ...

Amanda Foreman considers how women faced many restrictions during the Victorian era ... for teaching history at KS3 and KS4/GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Fourth Level and ...

As part of this movement, some Victorian women turned to radical acts of protest, such as defacing artwork that could be ...

A pioneer in many fields she challenged expectations of women during the Victorian era. Born in Llangrannog 1839 as Sarah Jane Rees, she became one of Wales' most popular poets and also worked as ...