Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Georgina Weldon
Standard Name: Weldon, Georgina
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June 1874: In an infamous Fortnightly Review article,...
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June 1874
In an infamous Fortnightly Review article, Henry Maudsley
condemned education for women as injurious to their bodies and as presaging a sexless race.
Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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Showalter, Elaine. The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture, 1830-1980. Pantheon Books, 1985.
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: London omnibuses carried an advertisement...
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Summer 1887
London omnibuses carried an advertisement featuring Society beauty Georgina Weldon
, captioned, I am 50 today, but thanks to Pears Soap my complexion is only 17.
Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Don’t lock up the wife”. London Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2000, pp. 30-1.
