Victorian London's Middle-Class Housewife: What She Did All Day

by Yaffa Claire Draznin

Through a detailed description of the life and activities of the middle-class married woman of London between 1875 and 1900, this study reveals how housewives unwittingly became engines for change as the new century neared. In marked contrast to the stereotypical depictions of Victorian women in literature and on television, Draznin reveals a woman seldom seen: the stay-at-home housewife whose activities were not much different than those of her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313313997
• ISBN13: 9780313313998
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"