Suffer and Be Still (Routledge Revivals)

Introduction: The Perfect Victorian Lady Martha Vicinus 1. The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society M. Jeanne Peterson 2. From Dame to Woman: W. S. Gilbert and Theatrical Transvestism Jane W. Stedman 3. Victorian Women and Menstruation Elaine and English Showalter 4. Marriage, Redundancy or Sin: The Painter's View of Women in the First Twenty-Five Years of Victoria's Reign Helene E. Roberts 5. A Study of Victorian Prostitution and Venereal Disease E. M. Sigsworth and T. J. Wyke 6. Working-Class Women in Britain, 1890-1914 Peter N. Stearns 7. The Debate over Women: Ruskin vs. Mill Kate Millett 8. Stereotypes of Femininity in a Theory of Sexual Evolution Jill Conway 9. Innocent Femina Sensualis in Unconscious Conflict Peter T. Cominos 10. The Women of England in a Century of Social Change, 18-15-1914: A Select Bibliography S. Barbara Kanner; Notes; Index