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Femininity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature and Society: From Dagger-Fans to Suffragettes

E. Godfrey
Palgrave Macmillan
2012
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Summary: 
This exploration into the development of women's self-defence from 1850 to 1914 features major writers, including H.G. Wells, Elizabeth Robins and Richard Marsh, and encompasses an unusually wide-ranging number of subjects from hatpin crimes to the development of martial arts for women.
Language: 
English