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Peace and Economic Growth: Britannia Rules |
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The Victorian Web
What, exactly, does it mean to be Victorian? Drop by The Victorian Web and learn why George P. Landow, a professor of English and art history at Brown University, believes the Victorians were more than old-fashioned prudes.
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All That Glitters
If you believed you were the world’s industrial, military, and economic leader, would you build a glass house and display your accomplishments to the world? That’s what Queen Victoria and Prince Albert did. Tour the Crystal Palace at Victorian Station and learn how architecture serves as a sign of the times.
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The “Hungry Forties” |
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“We Don't Complain”
Did the Industrial Revolution provide a better standard of living or a life of hardship? Decide for yourself with a quick lesson from the Women in World History Curriculum. Read about the working conditions of women like Jane Peacock Watson, who claimed that she “wrought in the bowels of the earth” for thirty-three years.
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The Movement for Reform: Food, Factories, and Optimism |
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Fighting for Women’s Rights
She was kicked out of medical school for correctly answering a question her male classmates couldn’t, but that didn’t stop Elizabeth Garrett Anderson from becoming Britain’s first female doctor. Step into the past with the Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia to find out how she accomplished her dream. Then, learn how her struggle contributed to the battle for women’s emancipation.
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A Closer Look: The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood |
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Victorian Bad Boys
At first, the public scorned their art, but the Pre-Raphaelites were not discouraged. They painted, wrote poetry, and painted some more. Head over to this fan site to find out why members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were the artistic outlaws of the Victorian era.
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Questions and Doubts |
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Urban Life
Charles Dickens, with his emphasis on the darker side of Victorian prosperity, may have seemed like a thorn in the side of middle-class Victorians who took pride in England’s material and social progress. Unfold a map of Dickens's London for a virtual tour of a city that was home to both material comfort and grueling poverty.
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