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Queen Victoria is often cast as a foe of the women's movement; she famously declared women's rights to be a 'mad, wicked folly'. Arianne Chernock analyses the ruler's surprising role in the women's movement and reveals Victoria as a ruler who captivated nineteenth-century feminists, with profound cultural and political consequences.

Queen Victoria is often cast as a foe of the women's movement; she famously declared women's rights to be a 'mad, wicked folly'. Arianne Chernock analyses the ruler's surprising role in the women's movement and reveals Victoria as a ruler who captivated nineteenth-century feminists, with profound cultural and political consequences.

Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism. Focusing on the revolutionary 1790s, the book introduces several dozen male reformers who insisted that women's emancipation would be key to the establishment of a truly just and rational society. These men proposed educational reforms, assisted women writers into print, and used their training in religion, medicine, history, and the law to challenge common assumptions about women's legal and political entitlements. This...