I came across this tongue in cheek article and thought it illuminating on attitudes towards women in the mid-19th Century which is the period in which my novel, "New Beginnings on Vancouver Island" is set. "It appears from the Census that the people of Great Britain are the youngest in the world. We are not… Continue reading Punch Vol. 27, July to Dec. 1854 – “The Perpetual Youth of the Women of England”.
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