Let’s learn more about this fascinating period of history in our Victorian facts… Victorian facts 1) The Victorians were the people who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the 20 June 1837 until the date of her death on the 22 January 1901. It was an era of exciting ...
22)In Victorian times, whores wore pubic wigs known as amerkin. The merkin has been around since the 1400s when it was originally worn by women who had shaved their pubic hair off to prevent lice. In the Victorian times it was frequently worn by prostitutes who wanted to conceal the fac...
During the Victorian era, the only career options for women were low-paying professions, and many had dangerous working conditions. There were street vendors (who assisted their husbands with their businesses), factory workers, and shop girls. If a woman was very lucky, she could be ahousehold...
11)Tunics – two pieces of woollen fabric sewn together at the sides and shoulders, with openings for your arms and head – were the most common clothes in Rome. Some Romans also wore togas – a kind of woollen shawl – to show how wealthy they were. Love learning about Rome? Check ou...
VICTORIAN INVENTIONS Railway Network London Euston was the city’s first train station. It linked London and Birmingham. The trains also ran throughout England and Wales. In Victorian times, the railway was the primary mode of transportation for both goods and people. It was also beneficial to ...
4. Living The High Life Plot twist: The fancy balls you probably picture when I say "debutante" didn't actually start until the Victorian era. Before that, they were far less extravagant. From that point on, though, debutante balls became social pressure cookers. To this day, there is a...
Tennis originally was known as lawn tennis, and formally still is inBritain, because it was played on grass courts byVictoriangentlemen and ladies. It is now played on a variety of surfaces. The origins of the game can be traced to a 12th–13th-century Frenchhandballgame calledjeu de paume...
adjusting to different ideals of beauty. By the 1850s, the corset came back with a force in the Victorian era, and tight lacing, waist training corsets were born. Tight lacing corsets were a severe way of shrinking a female’s waist by as much as 16 inches. This caused many heath issue...
20 years of vampire stories in Victorian literature. Dracula is said to have been inspired by the early Irish legend of Abhartach, an evil chieftain who, after being betrayed by his subjects and slain by the hero Cathrain, rose from his grave every night to drink the blood of his ...
and. As is suggested by the sexual double standard, gender was considered to be biologically based and to be determinative of almost every aspect of an individual’s potential and character. Victorian genderideologywason the “doctrine ofwas central, and for womenwas central. Men were independent...