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\'