Right to Rule and the Rights of Women
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Arianne Chernock (Boston University)
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.