Many Victorian women wrote novels, but these were often looked down upon as slight, feminine stories.

These diaries and images provide historical information on the lives of working-class Victorian women.

Attempting this, Victorian women made a type of mascara in their own homes.

They include a dour Victorian woman, and an upright man from the same era.

She has written several books about Victorian women as well as gender and sexuality.

In the late 18th century and early 19th century, Victorian women wore little or no makeup.

This was largely in part due to the comparison of black women to Victorian white women.

While the cause is uncertain, the 29% decline within a generation shows that the birth control methods Victorian women used were effective.

But please don't go away thinking that every Victorian woman in the eighteen- forties went around dressed like this.