Britain

"Gender in 19th Century Britain" (7:38) - Discussion focuses on middle class women. Hosted by the British Library. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

"Gender Roles in the Victorian Period" - Hosted by the British Library. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

"Gothic Motifs" (8:51) - Hosted by the British Library. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This site includes separate pages on Jane Austen, the Brontes, Mary Shelley, and Ann Radcliffe.

"Daughters of decadence: the New Woman in the Victorian fin de siècle" - Hosted by the British Library. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Victorian Web

United States

"Women in 19th Century America"

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American Women in the 19th Century
Overview of Republican Motherhood, Social Justice Movements (temperance, abolition, suffrage). Also mentions Law of Coveture.

American Women's Suffrage Movement
Overview of women's rights to vote movement. Includes short discussion of transatlantic influence through Alice Paul.