Gender in Victorian Britain – Lecture notes for Sep. 23, 2014

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History 364-0-01: Gender and Sexuality in Victorian Britain; Northwestern University, Fall 2014

Introduction, Day 1

  • Alexandrina Victoria (1814-1901)
    • Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
      • Most of the men think she’s going to be a pushover because she is so young, but she ends up being intelligent
      • She was very protected during her childhood by her mother – she had to sleep in the same bedroom as her mother until she became queen
      • Once she became queen, she worked to diminish her mother’s power in court
    • Empress of India (1876)
      • India was considered to be the jewel in the Imperial Crown
      • The queen was in love with India, even though she had never visited
      • India was a huge source of wealth
    • Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
      • Alexandrina married her cousin Albert
      • Alexandrina married out of love, but Albert expected power share
      • She has nine children spaced out at about once every two years
      • It was considered improper for the queen to even know about birth control
      • In 1861, in his 40s, Albert died, possibly from typhoid
      • The eldest son went against the grain

 

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