Political Society: Gender and Power in Victorian Britain -- 1. 'The Lady at their Head': Women and the Landed Estates -- 2. 'The Business and Charities of the Parish': Churches, Schools, and Local Authority -- 3. 'Many to Take Care of': Charity, Philanthropy, and Paternalism -- 4. 'Aristocratical and Female Influence': Elections and Electioneering -- 5. 'Party' Politics: Metropolitan Political Society -- 6. 'A Busy and Suspicious "Cabal"' or 'Head Housemaids'? The Ladies of Queen Victoria's Household
Summary
This is a study of gender & power in Victorian Britain. It looks at the contribution made by women to the public culture of the British aristocracy in the 19th century, & challenges the view that power & authority were predominantly male attributes
