Title: Women, work, and representation
Description: In Victorian England, virtually all women were taught to sew, but this essentially domestic virtue took on a different aspect for the professional seamstress of the day. This study considers the way this powerful image of working-class suffering was used by social reformers in art and literature.
Subjects: English Art, English literature, History, History and criticism, Needlework in literature, Needleworkers in literature, Poor in art, Poor in literature, Poor women, Sewing in art, Sewing in literature, Women in literature, Working poor, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Women and literature, Art and literature, Art, british, Women in art
Places: England
Time periods: 19th century