Victorian Ladies

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Victorian Ladies
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Godey's lady book
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Skim over the text and images in Godeys Lady
Book

• What generalizations can you make about Victorian
  culture based on Godey's?
• What is featured in the section entitled "The
  Work Table"? What does this say about a
  middle-class Victorian woman's perception of
  "work"?

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The sphere of a woman
READ THIS!
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Answer these questions in groups

• How does Goethe define the role of the Victorian
  woman?
• How does he see the woman's role as having
  advantages over the man's role?
• On what is the woman "dependent"?
• How does the image complement the text?

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Ideals of Womanhood

• Click the link above and read the article

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Write from the point of view of a cantidate for
the IDEAL VICTORIAN WOMAN

• What skills or qualities should your candidate
  emphasize in the speech?
• How has your candidate spent most of her life?
• What have been the guiding influences in your
  candidate's life?
• Why does your candidate feel qualified to serve
  as a role model for other Victorian women?
• On what merits would the ideal Victorian woman be
  judged?