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A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page i This electronic material is under copyright protection and is provided to a single recipient for review purposes only. ‘Criminals, Idiots, Women, and Minors’ A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page ii Review Copy A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page iii Review Copy ‘Criminals, Idiots, Women, and Minors’ Victorian Writing by Women on Women Second Edition Edited by Susan Hamilton broadview press A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page iv Review Copy ©2004 Susan Hamilton All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other- wise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written consent of the publisher—or in the case of photocopying, a licence from AccessCopyright (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency) One Yonge Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1E5—is an infringement of the copyright law. National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication ‘Criminals, idiots, women, and minors’: Victorian writing by women on women / edited by Susan Hamilton. — 2nd ed. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-55111-608-1 (pbk.) 1. Women – Great Britain – History – 19thcentury. 2. Feminism – Great Britain – History – 19thcentury. 3. Women’s rights – Great Britain – History – 19thcentury. I. Hamilton, Susan, 1960– HQ1596.C76 2004 305.42’0941 C2004-900697-5 Broadview Press,Ltd. is an independent,international publishing house,incorporated in 1985. Broadview believes in shared ownership,both with its employees and with the general public; since the year 2000 Broadview shares have been traded publicly on the Toronto Venture Exchange under the symbol BDP. We welcome any comments and suggestions regarding any aspect of our publications— please feel free to contact us at the addresses below,or at [email protected] / www.broadviewpress.com North America Post Office Box 1243, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7H5 Tel: (705) 743-8990; Fax: (705) 743-8353; e-mail: [email protected] 3576 California Road, Orchard Park, New York, USA 14127 UK, Ireland, and continental Europe NBNPlymbridge, Estover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PY UK Tel: 44 (0) 1752 202301 Fax: 44 (0) 1752 202331 Fax Order Line: 44 (0) 1752 202333 Customer Service: [email protected] Orders: [email protected] Australia and New Zealand UNIREPS, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, 2052 Tel: 61 2 9664 0999; Fax:61 2 9664 5420 email: [email protected] Broadview Press Ltd. gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program for our pub- lishing activities. Typesetting and assembly: True to Type Inc., Mississauga, Canada. This book is printed on 100% post-consumer recycled, ancient forest friendly paper. PRINTED IN CANADA A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page v Review Copy For Geraldine Brennan A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page vi Review Copy A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page vii Review Copy Chapter 1 Contents Introduction ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix INTRODUCTION xi CHRONOLOGY xxi A NOTEONTHETEXT xxvii ANNABROWNELLJAMESON(1794-1860) 1 “The Milliners” 1 Biographical Note 6 HARRIETMARTINEAU(1802-1876) 9 “Female Industry” 9 Biographical Note 47 FRANCESPOWERCOBBE(1822-1904) 50 “Celibacy v. Marriage” 50 “‘What Shall We Do with Our Old Maids?’” 59 “The Education of Women, and How it Would be Affected by University Examinations” 79 “‘Criminals, Idiots, Women, And Minors’” 90 “Wife-torture in England” 111 Biographical Note 144 ELIZALYNNLINTON(1822-1898) 147 “The Girl of the Period” 147 “The Modern Revolt” 151 “The Wild Women: as Politicians” 161 “The Wild Women: as Social Insurgents” 170 Biographical Note 179 MARGARETOLIPHANT(1828-1897) 181 “The Condition of Women” 181 “The Grievances of Women” 201 Biographical Note 214 vii A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page viii Review Copy viii ‘Criminals, Idiots, Women, and Minors’ HELENTAYLOR(1831-1907) 217 “Women and Criticism” 217 Biographical Note 224 MILLICENTGARRETTFAWCETT(1847-1929) 225 “The Emancipation of Women” 225 Biographical Note 236 MONACAIRD(1854-1932) 239 “Marriage” 239 “A Defence of the So-called ‘Wild Women’” 253 Biographical Note 271 A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page ix Review Copy Chapter One Acknowledgements Introduction I am grateful to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the University of Alberta for supporting the production of this anthology. I would also like to thank Glenn Burger, JoAnn Wallace and Paul Brennan for their encouragement and advice, and Garrett Epp and Lahoucine Ouzgane for their help with translations. ix A-FRONT.QXD 5/31/2004 1:11 PM Page x Review Copy
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