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tna-column--full-tiny tna-hero__content"> <div class="tna-hero__content-inner"> <h1 class="tna-heading-xl tna-hero__heading"> Victorians (1837–1901) </h1> <p data-block-key="iuv1i">Highlights from our Victorian records reveal a time of rapid change. Innovations in transport saw millions travel on the railways and emigrate all over the world. Meanwhile patents and advertisements for new products were often as beautiful as they were practical.</p> </div> </div> </div> </figure> </header> <section class="related-highlight-cards tna-section"> <div class="tna-container"> <div class="tna-column tna-column--full"> <h2 class="tna-heading-l">Victorians (1837–1901) highlights in pictures</h2> </div> <div class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny"> <div class="related-highlight-cards__card"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/explore-by-topic/business-finance-and-innovation/toilet-design/" data-component-name="Featured card: Victorians (1837–1901) highlights in pictures" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-position="0" data-card-title="Innovations in toilet design" aria-labelledby="related-highlight-cards__card-desc275" tabindex="-1"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 370px)" 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src="/media/images/hg-registered-design-for-will.2e16d0ba.fill-374x370-c100.jpg" height="370" width="374" class="related-highlight-cards__image" alt="" tabindex="-1"/> </picture> </a> <div class="related-highlight-cards__content"> <h3 class="tna-heading-m related-highlight-cards__card-title" id="related-highlight-card-title-13"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/victorians/victorian-ornamental-design/" id="related-highlight-cards__card-desc244" class="related-highlight-cards__card-title-link" data-component-name="Featured card: Victorians (1837–1901) highlights in pictures" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-position="12" data-card-title="Victorian ornamental design"> Victorian ornamental design </a> </h3> <p class="related-highlight-cards__text">4 images</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="tna-container"> <div class="tna-column tna-column--full"> <h2 class="tna-heading-l">Stories from the collection</h2>   <div class="featured-article tna-!--margin-vertical-l"> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-jex-blake/" class="featured-article__image-link" aria-labelledby="article-desc348" data-component-name="Featured Article: Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine" data-link-type="Image" tabindex="-1"> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 768px)" srcset="/media/images/Sophia-Jex-Blake-National-Por.1d1f8c97.fill-500x400-c100.jpg"/> <source media="(max-width: 991px)" srcset="/media/images/Sophia-Jex-Blake-National-Por.1d1f8c97.fill-500x500-c100.jpg"/> <source media="(max-width: 1200px)" srcset="/media/images/Sophia-Jex-Blake-National-Po.1d1f8c97.fill-1000x600-c100.jpg"/> <img width="1000" height="600" src="/media/images/Sophia-Jex-Blake-National-Po.1d1f8c97.fill-1000x600-c100.jpg" alt="" /> </picture> </a> <div class="featured-article__description"> <h2 class="tna-heading-l featured-article__heading"> <small>The story of</small> Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine </h2> <p id="article-desc348" class="aria-desc">Read about Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine</p> <p>Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912) was a physician and campaigner who fought for women’s access to university education.</p> <div class="tna-button-group"> <a class="tna-button tna-button--solid-hover" href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-jex-blake/" data-component-name="Featured Article: Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine" data-link-type="Button" data-link="Read" >Read about Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tna-container"> <ul class="card-group--list-style-none"> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-churchill-familys-blue-book/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The Churchill family's 'Blue Book'" data-card-position="0" data-label="New" >The Churchill family's 'Blue Book'</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/the-churchill-familys-blue-book/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The Churchill family's 'Blue Book'" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The Churchill family's 'Blue Book'" data-card-position="0" data-label="New" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/preface-to-the-blue-book.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.png" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> <div class="tna-chip tna-card__image-label"> New </div> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>This book caused confusion and disagreement among family members, but also provided an unusually intimate view of this well-known household.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/samuel-coleridge-taylor/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a trailblazing composer" data-card-position="1" >Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a trailblazing composer</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/samuel-coleridge-taylor/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a trailblazing composer" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a trailblazing composer" data-card-position="1" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/COPY1-451_Samuel_Coleridge-Taylor_.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912) was a trailblazing British composer and conductor from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sarah-parker-remonds-application-to-become-a-british-citizen/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen" data-card-position="2" >Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sarah-parker-remonds-application-to-become-a-british-citizen/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sarah Parker Remond’s application to become a British Citizen" data-card-position="2" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/sarah-parker-remond-teaser.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Sarah Parker Remond (1826–1894) fought for a more equal world as an abolitionist and suffrage supporter. Why and how did she apply for British citizenship?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-misleading-victorian-medical-device/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="A misleading Victorian medical device" data-card-position="3" >A misleading Victorian medical device</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/a-misleading-victorian-medical-device/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="A misleading Victorian medical device" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="A misleading Victorian medical device" data-card-position="3" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/pamphlet-victorian-medical-belt.dbc5b960.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Unexpectedly surviving among some court papers, this medical belt was one of a number of Victorian devices that claimed to use the power of electricity to cure.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/kumar-sri-ranjitsinhji/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji" data-card-position="4" >Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/kumar-sri-ranjitsinhji/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji" data-card-position="4" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Photograph-of-Ranjitsinhji-jumping.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>How did an Indian prince come to play at the highest level of England’s national sport?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/earliest-use-of-the-word-camp/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The queer Victorian origins of the word 'camp'" data-card-position="5" >The queer Victorian origins of the word 'camp'</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/earliest-use-of-the-word-camp/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The queer Victorian origins of the word 'camp'" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The queer Victorian origins of the word 'camp'" data-card-position="5" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/fanny-stella.7f430c1c.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Did you know that the word ‘camp’ was used by members of the LGBTQ+ community as early as 1868?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/1888-matchgirls-strike/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="The 1888 matchgirls' strike" data-card-position="6" >The 1888 matchgirls' strike</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/1888-matchgirls-strike/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="The 1888 matchgirls' strike" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="The 1888 matchgirls' strike" data-card-position="6" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/matchgirls_wellcome.1e8ff4a0.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In 1888, the women and girls employed by Bryant & May in the East End of London went out on strike. Why did these workers feel so driven to remove their labour?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/fallen-women-of-the-real-albert-square/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="'Fallen' women of the real Albert Square" data-card-position="7" >'Fallen' women of the real Albert Square</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/fallen-women-of-the-real-albert-square/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="'Fallen' women of the real Albert Square" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="'Fallen' women of the real Albert Square" data-card-position="7" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/census-list-of-sailors-fallen-wome.2e16d0ba.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Who lived in the real Albert Square and what can their lives tell us about 19th-century London life?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/registered-design-for-expanding-travelling-basket/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Registered design for an expanding travelling basket" data-card-position="8" >Registered design for an expanding travelling basket</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/registered-design-for-expanding-travelling-basket/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Registered design for an expanding travelling basket" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Registered design for an expanding travelling basket" data-card-position="8" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/harriet-j-cave--sons-travelling-ba.a2407bc7.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>In 1866, a British luggage manufacturer attempted to capitalise on the expansion of railway lines with a unique and royal travel bag.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/copyright-registration-form-for-bram-stokers-dracula/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula" data-card-position="9" >Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/copyright-registration-form-for-bram-stokers-dracula/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Copyright registration form for Bram Stoker’s Dracula" data-card-position="9" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/stoker-dracula.5b018ad3.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>The Irish author completed this form to register ownership of a play titled ‘Dracula; or the Un-Dead’, and thus his seminal novel. It would prove important.</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-todd/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="Sophia Todd" data-card-position="10" >Sophia Todd</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/sophia-todd/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="Sophia Todd" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="Sophia Todd" data-card-position="10" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/Sophia_Todd_photo.ed8b270a.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>Was a woman arrested for murder in Victorian Liverpool an unfortunate person caught up in a series of ill-fated events, or something much more sinister?</p> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="tna-column tna-column--width-1-3 tna-column--width-1-2-medium tna-column--width-1-2-small tna-column--full-tiny tna-!--margin-bottom-l"> <div class="tna-card " data-module="tna-card"> <div class="tna-card__inner"> <h3 class="tna-card__heading tna-heading-s "> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/william-cuffey/" class="tna-card__heading-link" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card text" data-card-title="William Cuffey" data-card-position="11" >William Cuffey</a> </h3> <a href="/explore-the-collection/stories/william-cuffey/" class="tna-card__image-container" tabindex="-1" title="William Cuffey" data-card-type="card-group-secondary-nav" data-component-name="Featured card: Stories from the collection" data-link-type="Card image" data-card-title="William Cuffey" data-card-position="11" > <picture class="tna-card__image"> <img src="/media/images/William-Cuffay.bbcba0bb.fill-800x450.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450"> </picture> </a> <div class="tna-card__body"> <p>William Cuffey (1788–1870) was a disabled, working-class campaigner. 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