The nineteenth-century "woman question" was the theme of endless books by male physicians, scientists, and philosophers. American physicians argued that woman, by her very nature, was condemned to weakness and sickness because female...

European and American women in the nineteenth century lived in an age characterized by gender inequality. At the beginning of the century, women enjoyed few of the legal, social, or political rights that are now taken for granted in western countries:...

Elizabeth Blackwell, who earned a medical degree in 1849, was a pioneer in the struggle to open the medical profession to women. Because almost all nineteenth century medical schools admitted only male students, women physicians established several...

The status of Women in the Victorian Era is often seen as an illustration of the striking discrepancy between England's national power and wealth and what many, then and now, consider its appalling social conditions. Also, they were seen as pure and...

My essay is about the roles of women and men in the Victorian Era.

According to Suffer and Be Still by Martha Vicinus, early ideas about science and sexuality greatly influenced a Victorian woman's life. A Victorian woman not only had to worry about being everything that is feminine but she also was burdened with ludicrous ideas about her health and sexuality.

Discusses the lives of women living in the Victorian era. Includes an analysis of customs, marriage, divorce, clothing, education and employment. Also reviews how Victorian women dressed and their role in society.