A strange and probably not overly useful diagram from an article 'A Woman's Chance of Marriage' in the Strand magazine, 1898, by John Holt Schooling. The Victorians did love their statistics:
This is truly wonderful!! Love it. PS - not deliberately plugging my blog but I have some Victorian stuff over there - latest blog post was on Cat pies - Victorian attitude to cats. Check it out cos I think you'll enjoy it! Grace x http://graceelliot-author.blogspot.com
This is truly wonderful!! Love it.
ReplyDeletePS - not deliberately plugging my blog but I have some Victorian stuff over there - latest blog post was on Cat pies - Victorian attitude to cats. Check it out cos I think you'll enjoy it!
Grace x
http://graceelliot-author.blogspot.com
I love how it looks so scientific, with all those dots. I thought I was looking at petri dishes or something!
ReplyDeleteI have difficulty thinking of a fifteen-year-old unmarried girl as a 'spinster.' I'm a rubbish Victorian.
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