
Title:
The Victorian woman
Author:
Cooper, Suzanne Fagence.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : V&A Publications ; New York : Distributed in North America by H.N. Abrams, [2001]
©2001
Physical Description:
95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781851773305
9780810965805
Format :
Book
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Library | Call Number | Material Type | Home Location | Status |
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Central Library | DA533 .C6 2001 | Adult Non-Fiction | Central Closed Stacks | Searching... |
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Summary
Summary
This colourful book explodes the myth of the passive Victorian woman, and demonstrates how women rose to the challengesof the age of empire and industry. Drawing on the new Victorian medium of photography, as well as the huge range of images from advertising and magazines, it creates a fascinatingpicture of the diversity of women's achievements at this time.