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Routledge Revivals Suffer and Be Still 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 combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption and worship of the family hearth. Indeed, this model in some form was the ideal of all classes as the perfect lady’s only functions were marriage and procreation. The text offers a valuable insight into Victorian cul ture and society. This page intentionally left blank Suffer and Be Still Women in the Victorian Age Edited by Martha Vicinus First published in 1972 by Methuen & Co. Ltd This edition first published in 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1972 Indiana University Press All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and welcomes correspondence from those they have been unable to contact. A Library of Congress record exists under ISBN: 71184524 ISBN 13: 978-0-415-83647-0 (hbk) ISBN 13: 978-0-203-45827-3 (ebk) a n d Women in the Victobian Age This page intentionally left blank SPtt0&i and SBe SP&fl W om en in th e V icto r ian A g e StUCect uitoi/UAa /%/€c*n«4& A woman’s “highest duty is so often to suffer and be still.** — Mrs. Sarah Stickney Ellis (1845) METHUEN & CO. LTD First published in 1972 by Indiana University Press University Paperback edition first published in 1980 by Methuen & Co. Ltd 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE © 1972 Indiana University Press Printed in Great Britain by J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd, Bristol All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Suffer and be still.—(University paperback; 720). 1. Women—Great Britain—Social conditions 2. Women—Great Britain—History—19th century I. Vicinus, Martha 30i.4i'2'094i HQ1593 ISBN 0-416-74340-4 Introduction: The Perfect Victorian Lady Martha Vicinus vii 4: The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society M. Jeanne Peterson 3 2: From Dame to Woman: W. S. Gilbert and Theatrical Transvestism Jane W, Stedman 20 3: Victorian Women and Menstruation Elaine and English Showalter 38 4: Marriage, Redundancy or Sin: The Painter's View of Women in the First Twenty-Five Years of Victoria’s Reign Helene E. Roberts 45 5: A Study of Victorian Prostitution and Venereal Disease E. M. Sigsworth and T. J. Wyke 77 6: Working-Class Women in Britain, 1890-2914 Peter N. Stearns 100 /: The Debate over Women: Ruskin vs. Mill Kate Millett 121 8: Stereotypes of Femininity in a Theory of Sexual Evolution Jill Conway 140 9: Innocent Femina Sensualis in Unconscious Conflict Peter T. Cominos 155 40: The Women of England in a Century of Social Change, 1815-1914; A Select Bibliography S. Barbara Kanner 173 Notes 207 Index *35
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