Description
The ideal woman of the Victorian era was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption, and worship of the family hearth—with marriage and procreation being a woman’s only function. Suffer and Be Still is a collection of ten lively essays which document the feminine stereotypes that Victorian women fought against, but only partially defeated.
Book Information
ISBN 9780253201683
Author Martha Vicinus
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press