Historian Dr Robyn Atcheson explores the life of the mysterious, once-fashionable woman turned repeat offender, “notorious” ...

Bouquet holders were a necessity for the well-dressed Victorian lady. Along with fans, parasols, gloves and dance cards, they were must-have accessories for women attending balls. During the Victorian ...

On the screen and on the page, today we are accustomed to seeing fictional representations of women detectives kicking in doors, taking down names and sleuthing out villains. From Olivia Benson ...

On the fronts of 19th-century postcards displayed in Caribbean shops, women in traditional Indian styles portrayed the islands as lush and exotic tourist destinations. The models posed coyly, dressed ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Christine Leigh Heyrman OUT OF THE SHADOWS Six Visionary Victorian Women in Search of a Public ...

From restrictive corsets to bold power suits, women’s fashion has evolved alongside social change - transforming clothing from symbols of limitation into expressions of authority, confidence and ...

Fiction: Ladies who swindle are all over the place in a batch of recent novels about Victorians’ fascination with spiritualism and the women who capitalized on it.

If we are to believe novelists, England in the 1700s and 1800s featured two kinds of women: those who sat at home stewing about lost suitors, and con artists. It used to be that books featured a whole ...

The HBO fantasy drama “The Nevers,” from the mind of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator Joss Whedon, debuted its first trailer on Tuesday. The series is scheduled to premiere in April. “The Nevers,” ...