Queen Victoria

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Standard Name: Victoria, Queen
Birth Name: Alexandrina Victoria
Royal Name: Queen Victoria
Titled: Queen Victoria, Empress of India
Used Form: Princess Victoria
From a young age, Queen Victoria wrote extensive journals, two of which were published with great success during her lifetime. Other selections from her journals, collections of her letters, and drawings and watercolours from her sketchbooks were published posthumously.
Black and white photograph of Queen Victoria, done for her Diamond Jubilee, 1897, by W. and D. Downey. She is seated, face in profile, holding a fan and wearing an elaborately embroidered floor-length dress, a small crown, a veil on the back of her head whose lace matches that of her skirt, a jewelled bracelet and drop earrings. National Archives of Canada.

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Intertextuality and Influence Amanda McKittrick Ros
Lewis 's cautious review drew an ill-tempered and lengthy response generated by AMKR 's belief that he had also insulted Queen Victoria (and to a lesser degree Disraeli ). She writes in the vitriolic fashion...
Intertextuality and Influence Pandita Ramabai
Rachel L. Bodley claims that this was read by (and influenced the opinions of) Queen Victoria .
Ramabai, Pandita. Pandita Ramabai’s American Encounter. Kosambi, MeeraEditor & translator , Indiana University Press, 2003.
242n12
Bodley, Rachel L., and Pandita Ramabai. “Introduction”. The High-Caste Hindu Woman, Jas B. Rogers, 1888, p. i - xxiv.
xvi, xviii
Leisure and Society Sara Jeannette Duncan
Canadian SJD was presented to Queen Victoria , a moment in her career which she considered triumphal.
Fowler, Marian. Redney: A Life of Sara Jeannette Duncan. Anansi, 1983.
184
Leisure and Society Caroline Norton
The recently married Queen Victoria received CN at Court: a testimony to belief in her innocence, in the face of George Norton 's attempts to blacken her reputation.
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
169
Leisure and Society Charlotte Barnard
CB was presented to Queen Victoria on 29 May 1856.
Smith, Phyllis. The Story of Claribel. J. W. Ruddock & Sons Ltd., Lincoln, 1965.
57
Leisure and Society Elinor Glyn
About a year later, EG and her husband were present to see Queen Victoria 's body in its triple coffin crossing London on 2 February 1901.
Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937.
97
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Queen Victoria
I felt that I was...
Leisure and Society Augusta Ada Byron
Her marriage and her title brought AAB a whirl of social engagements: balls, concerts (including Bellini 's Norma), and meeting Queen Victoria . The domestic and social duties of managing three houses as a...
Leisure and Society Sarah Macnaughtan
SM was formally presented at Buckingham Palace in London as part of her coming out, which was a young girl's rite of passage into high society. She was presented to the Princess of Wales instead...
Leisure and Society Constance Countess Markievicz
Constance Gore-Booth (later Markievicz) was presented at court to Queen Victoria , marking her coming out in London and Dublin high society.
Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora, 1988.
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Leisure and Society Mary Boyle
MB had a lifelong interest in the theatre; she attended performances frequently and she, her family, and friends were frequently involved in acting and producing plays privately. On one occasion in 1837 she found herself...
Leisure and Society Lady Colin Campbell
On 5 May 1875 Gertrude Blood, later LCC , was presented in the Queen 's Drawing Room at court: her formal entry into society.
Jordan, Anne. Love Well the Hour: The Life of Lady Colin Campbell (1857-1911). Troubador Publishing Ltd., 2010.
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Literary responses Mary Cholmondeley
Red Pottage was highly controversial when it was published, and its negative depiction of the clergy was denounced from pulpits (though Queen Victoria was rumoured to have read and enjoyed it). One church periodical went...
Literary responses Fanny Aikin Kortright
FAK reported this little book as very well received—among anti-suffragists, naturally. She said she had many letters of appreciation. Gladstone , to whom she had sent a copy, wrote to ask for more. He passed...
Literary responses Caroline Clive
The volume firmly established CC 's reputation as a gifted and talented writer. She was delighted when John Gibson Lockhart wrote (under the impression that he was addressing a man) that he was deeply impressed...
Literary responses Margaret Roberts
Mary J. Y. Harris , biographer of Frances Mary Peard , calls this MR 's best-known novel, and says it was a favourite with Queen Victoria .
Harris, Mary J. Y. Memoirs of Frances Mary Peard. W. H. Smith, 1930.
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Timeline

1861: Publisher S. Beeton began production of Queen,...

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1861

Publisher S. Beeton began production of Queen, his successful women's magazine aimed at the rich and leisured classes.
Beetham, Margaret. A Magazine of Her Own?: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman’s Magazine, 1800-1914. Routledge, 1996.
89-91, 217
Winship, Janice. Inside Women’s Magazines. Pandora, 1987.
166
White, Cynthia L. Women’s Magazines 1693-1968. Michael Joseph, 1970.
50
Freeman, Sarah. Isabella and Sam: The Story of Mrs Beeton. Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1977.
134

1863: Germany and Denmark again clashed over the...

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1863

Germany and Denmark again clashed over the Schleswig-Holstein Duchies.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
175, 256
Thompson, Dorothy, 1923 - 2011. Queen Victoria: Gender and Power. Virago Press, 1990.
121
Clark, Christopher. “I could bite the table”. London Review of Books, Vol.
33
, No. 7, 31 Mar. 2011, pp. 15-16.
15

23 April 1863: Queen Victoria selected architect George...

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23 April 1863

Queen Victoria selected architect George Gilbert Scott 's ornate design for the Albert Memorial.
Bayley, Stephen. The Albert Memorial: The Monument in its Social and Architectural Context. Scolar Press, 1981.
40-2, 142, 143-4
Homans, Margaret. Royal Representations: Queen Victoria and British Culture, 1837-1876. University of Chicago Press, 1998, http://Susan Brown.
170

1 August 1863: Queen Victoria, in a letter to The Ladies...

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1 August 1863

Queen Victoria , in a letter to The Ladies of England, denounced the crinoline, calling it an indelicate, expensive, dangerous, and hideous article.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
93

19 November 1867: Queen Victoria announced that the UK was...

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19 November 1867

Queen Victoria announced that the UK was at war with Amhara.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 596
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
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26 July 1869: The Irish Church Act brought forward by Prime...

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26 July 1869

The Irish Church Act brought forward by Prime Minister Gladstone disestablished the Church of Ireland and substantially reduced its property, although it met with strong opposition from the House of Lords .
“Gladstone and Ireland 1868-74”. A Web of English History: The Peel Web: Irish Affairs.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.

October 1870: The General Council of Edinburgh University...

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October 1870

The General Council of Edinburgh University renewed their decision to keep female students out of the medical classes.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
123
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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1871: Joseph Lister's carbolic spray gained wide...

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1871

Joseph Lister 's carbolic spray gained wide acceptance as an antiseptic after it was successfully used during the removal of an abscess from Queen Victoria 's left armpit.
Duin, Nancy, and Jenny Sutcliffe. A History of Medicine: From Prehistory to the Year 2020. Simon and Schuster, 1992.
63
Shryock, Richard Harrison. The Development of Modern Medicine: An Interpretation of the Social and Scientific Factors Involved. University of Wisconsin Press, 1979.
280
Youngson, A. J. The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine. Holmes and Meier, 1979.
15, 150

14 April-31 October 1873: An International Exhibition was held in London...

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14 April-31 October 1873

An International Exhibition was held in London on the model of the Great Exhibition of 1851.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
27641 (19 March 1873): 5; 27834 (30 October 1873): 6

20 May 1873: Seventeen labouring-class women at Ascott-under-Wychwood...

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20 May 1873

Seventeen labouring-class women at Ascott-under-Wychwood in Oxfordshire prevented two men from going to work as blacklegs to replace others whom a farmer had sacked for joining the Agricultural Workers Union .
“The Ascott Martyrs 1873”. History UK.
Groves, Reginald. Sharpen the Sickle! The History of the Farm Workers’ Union. Porcupine Press, 1949.
Horn, Pamela. Joseph Arch (1826-1919): The Farm Workers’ Leader. Roundwood Press, 1971.

October 1873: At the annual meeting of the Clinical Society...

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October 1873

At the annual meeting of the Clinical Society of London , physician Sir William Withey Gull applied his newly-coined label anorexia nervosa as the term for a female nervous disorder. That same year a French...

May 1876: Russia, Austria and Germany presented the...

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May 1876

Russia, Austria and Germany presented the Berlin Memorandum to the Sultan of Turkey , demanding that he inaugurate reforms in the extensive Ottoman Empire.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
344

1878: The first telephone company in the UK began...

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1878

The first telephone company in the UK began operations, at Chislehurst, Kent; it enabled private communication by phone between two points only.
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
5: 226
Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996.
359
Trotter, David. “The Person in the Phone Booth”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 2, 28 Jan. 2010, pp. 20-2.
20

3 August 1881: The Seventh International Medical Congress...

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3 August 1881

The Seventh International Medical Congress was officially opened in London by the Prince of Wales, bringing medical science onto an international public stage, albeit an all-male one.
Bynum, William F. Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
142

1883: A French observer, Hector France, noted that...

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1883

A French observer, Hector France , noted that condoms were packaged with colour pictures of Prime Minister Gladstone and Queen Victoria and sold in Petticoat Lane, London.
McLaren, Angus. Birth Control in Nineteenth Century England. Croom Helm, 1978.
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