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- Victorian values dominated American social life for much of the 19th century. The notion of separate spheres of life for men and women was commonplace. The male sphere included wage work and politics, while the female sphere involved childrearing and domestic work. Industrialization and urbanization brought new challenges to Victorian values.
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Victorian values dominated American social life for much of the 19th century. The notion of separate spheres of life for men and women was commonplace. The male sphere included wage work and politics, while the female sphere involved childrearing and domestic work.
- The Print Revolution
The subscription of women was courted for the first time by...
- Women's Sphere
Women's virtue was as much a hallmark of Victorian society...
- The Print Revolution
When the Victorians were enjoying the rise of the literary and poetry works of their famous writers, America was experiencing a simultaneous growth of literature and poetry. It was during this time that Lucy Maud, Montgomery, Louisa, Mark Twain and others published their magnum opus. Music halls emerged in Victorian England during the 1830s and ...
This section looks at the lifestyles of women in Victorian American. The Women of the United States (Peterson's Magazine, 1865) Article from a British journal on the qualities of American women. Woman's Love of the Beautiful, by Lucy Snow (Demorest, 1874) How women are making the homes of the western prairies beautiful.
Jul 20, 2018 · Mid-19th century America was right in the middle of the Victorian age. Named after queen Victoria, that grand dame of the English throne whose influence made its way over to America and permeated American life.
Feb 12, 2017 · Many of us associate the Victorian era with an image of a delicate woman swooning on a couch, incapacitated by her monthly visitor. Where did this image originate? And how closely did it hew to the reality of women’s lives in Victorian America?
Victorian America – a term that usually refers to the heavily populated Northeast as well as the Deep South - aspired to emulate Victorian styles and ideas. This period witnessed the Second...
