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REFERENCES

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Periodicals used throughout

The Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine. London: S.O. Beeton, 1853. Print.

The Ladie’s Gazette of Fashion. London: I.T. Payne, 1835. Print.

Somerset, Isabella Caroline, ed. The Woman’s Signal, Ed. by Lady H. Somerset and A.E. Holdsworth. Lond: N.p., 1895. Print.

Warren, ed. The Ladies’ Treasury : An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Literature, Poetry, Fine Art, Education, Domestic Economy, Needlework and Fashion. London: Ward & Lock, 1858. Print.

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The Victorian Era

BBC Bitesize. (n.d.). The Victorians. [online] Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkb6fdm.

English Heritage (n.d.). Queen Victoria. [online] English Heritage. Available at: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/women-in-history/queen-victoria/.

English Heritage (2018). Victorian Daily Life. [online] English Heritage. Available at: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/victorian/daily-life/.

HistoryExtra. (2021). The Victorians and the British Empire: a brief guide and timeline. [online] Available at: https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/victorians-british-empire-brief-guide-timeline-expansion/.

Surrey Heritage (2025). Life in Victorian Times. [online] Surrey Heritage. Available at: https://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/themes/learning/families/the-victorians/life-in-victorian-times/.

Wilkinson, F. (2024). Industrialization, Labor, and Life. [online] National Geographic. Available at: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/industrialization-labor-and-life/.

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Politics

English Heritage (2020). Victorian Power and Politics. [online] English Heritage. Available at: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/victorian/power-and-politics/.

Parker, S. (2020). The Victorian Class System. [online] Back in the Day of. Available at: https://backinthedayof.co.uk/the-victorian-class-system.

UK Parliament (2024). The Early Suffrage Societies in the 19th century - a timeline. [online] UK Parliament. Available at: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-studies-women-parliament/millicent-garrett-fawcett/the-early-suffrage-societies-in-the-19th-century---a-timeline/.

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Fashion

Beetham, M. (2003). A Magazine of Her Own? Routledge.

Epochs of Fashion (2014). Victorian Era. [online] epochs-of-fashion: Ladies costume through the ages. Available at: https://www.epochs-of-fashion.com/the-epochs/victorian-era/.

Fraser, H., Green, S. and Johnston, J. (2008). Gender and the Victorian periodical. Cambridge Etc.: Cambridge University Press.

Johnson, B. (2017). Victorian Fashion and Clothing. [online] Historic UK. Available at: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Victorian-Fashion/.

Tees Valley Museums. (n.d.). The Price of Fashion - Arsenic Green. [online] Available at: https://teesvalleymuseums.org/blog/post/the-price-of-fashion/.

Victoria and Albert Museum. (2022). Corsets, crinolines and bustles: fashionable Victorian underwear · V&A. [online] Available at: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/corsets-crinolines-and-bustles-fashionable-victorian-underwear?srsltid=AfmBOorbBInpPuMhlgzC-hHGhXKQXlgIUcetY9hBkKN2j-3JTa2__eq1 [Accessed 16 Feb. 2026].

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Domesticity

Abrams, L. (2001). Ideals of Womanhood in Victorian Britain. [online] BBC. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/victorian_britain/women_home/ideals_womanhood_01.shtml.

Lambert, T. (2021). A History of Housework. [online] Local Histories. Available at: https://localhistories.org/a-history-of-housework/.

Mallet, P. (2024). Women and the Law in Victorian England – The Victorian City. [online] victoriancity.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk. Available at: https://victoriancity.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/women-and-the-law-in-victorian-england/.

Reynolds, M. (2018). Labour and Love: A Herstory of Work and Childcare in the Industrial Revolution. [online] History Workshop. Available at: https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/womens-history/labour-and-love/.

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Henry Poole Savile Row. (2018). Henry Poole Savile Row. [online] Available at: https://henrypoole.com/individual/lillie-langtry/ [Accessed 9 Mar. 2026].

Victorianweb.org. (2019). Advertisements in Victorian Books and Magazines. [online] Available at: https://victorianweb.org/art/design/advertisements/cooke.html.