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1. Suffer and Be Still (Routledge Revivals)

   Women in the Victorian Age

   Edited by Martha Vicinus

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1972, this book contains a collection of ten essays that document the feminine stereotypes that women fought against, and only partially erased, a hundred years ago. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian lady, showing that the ideal was a...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge
2. A Widening Sphere (Routledge Revivals)

   Changing Roles of Victorian Women

   Edited by Martha Vicinus

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1977, this book is a companion volume to Suffer and Be Still. It looks at the widening sphere of women’s activities in the Victorian age and testifies to the dual nature of the legal and social constraints of the period: on the one hand, the ideal of the perfect lady and the...

   To Be Published April 7th 2013 by Routledge