VICTORIAN TIMES

This digital archive was created to give an insight into the Victorian era and its periodicals. The periodical content was collected from the Bodleian Libraries and included the following magazines:

• The Woman’s Signal
• The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine
• Ladies Gazette of Fashion

This digital archive delves into the historical context of the Victorian era looking at the Industrial Revolution, the reign of Queen Victoria and the British Empire, alongside other aspects of the time, including politics and the rise of the Suffrage Movement.

The The archive also explores Fashion and Domesticity that circumscribed women’s roles in Victorian society.