Table of Contents

One - Backgrounds and Personalities; Two - Ladies Learning: The Education of Victorian Gentlewomen; Three - Sex, Friendship, and Love: Gentlewomen's Physical and Emotional Lives; Four - Other Facts of Family Life; Five - Gentlewomen at Work; Six - "Two Working Together for a Common End"; Conclusion

Promotional Information

Peterson's findings revise our understanding of women's relationships to their families and their work and call for a new view of the role of gender in the Victorian age