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10 Interesting facts about the Victorian Era

1. They take mourning seriously. Women often wore mourning rings which were usually made from onyx or jet and featured hair from the deceased person. Some would even bottle their mourning tears. Often, women were hired to stand at a bachelors grave site, usually blonde, to cry inconsolably so that he seemed adored. 

2. Hypnotism, divination and spiritualism were huge. They would attend many events where they could get their future read, speak to the deceased or be hypnotised. This was a big money industry in this Era which was usually filled with greatly paid actors.

3. Taxidermy was also huge in the Victorian Era. They collected many pieces and more notable the works of Walter Potter who would create taxidermy such as kittens having a tea party...

4. Victorians wore a lot of black. This is because of the pollution which was mainly from coal which left clouds of pollution over cities. If a woman wore a light colours they would come home with a greyish tinge to their clothing.

5. Freakshows were also big in the Victorian Era. Going to a freakshow for them was just as normal and accessible as us going to the movies. 

6. When someone passed the family would often have a photograph taken of the body. Sometimes the family would even pose with the body to make it look alive.

7. Gothic novels were at their peak. Some of the best were written in this era, think of Dracula and the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

8. A lady would not wear a skirt that showed her ankles. "modesty boards" were made to hide the womans ankles when she would sit as exposing your ankle was considered too racy.

9. Corsets of the Victorian era can almost not be worn by someone of today. Their corsets would clinch their waist so tightly to around just 16 inches. This warped the body structure causing a large range of medical issues such as breathing and even trouble in child birth. 

10. When women "paid calls" to someone (went to someones home to tell them something or to have a chat) it was done in the afternoon. If it was done any sooner it was classed as bad manners. You wouldn't stay for long and if someone else would come while you were there you would exit gracefully.

  • ELi says...

    Ummm…WHAT THE HECK about pic 6.HER ARMS AND LEGS ARE MISSING

    On Nov 20, 2019

  • kiki says...

    image #6
    ummm..

    On Nov 19, 2019

  • summerpizza5508 says...

    im going to die from these efacts omg. i hate my life

    On Oct 25, 2019

  • crowland7412 says...

    this was super helpful for a project i’m doing, however i need the author and the publisher’s names, and i can’t find them anywhere :( otherwise, super helpful and informative

    On Oct 25, 2019

  • Annie says...

    these are amazing facts for me and my classmates know in our class

    On Oct 13, 2019

  • Oliver Lindop says...

    Thanks for the facts
    Really helped

    On Oct 13, 2019

  • Joe mamma says...

    K

    On Sep 23, 2019

  • Joe says...

    Who am I?

    On Sep 18, 2019

  • wtf says...

    wtf

    On Sep 13, 2019

  • giramanshlock says...

    helped in homework

    On Sep 13, 2019

  • none of your BuIsNeSs says...

    I used this for my homework and i am very impressed i think this will also help for the future! Thanks for meh A+

    On Sep 07, 2019

  • queen victoria says...

    what is this exactly?

    On Sep 06, 2019

  • Yesssssssss's sissy says...

    It helped me like Yessssssss said

    On Sep 06, 2019

  • yessssss says...

    this helped me alot tomorrow i have my victorian day and i had to do my homework at night

    On Sep 06, 2019

  • GGAMEPLAY says...

    OH MY GOD SO INTRESTING I like lerning aboud the past BUT this is so intresting I spent ages wrinting about the facts that were on here

    On Sep 03, 2019

  • fart says...

    phuuuuuuuhhh

    On Jul 30, 2019

  • elsie may says...

    This was absolutely great. I got an A+! It was so interesting and fun. Thank you so much!

    On May 01, 2019

  • queen victoria says...

    what is the internet?

    On Apr 28, 2019

  • Sadia Mir says...

    very interesting.needed this for homework and i got an A so ty

    On Apr 28, 2019

  • Elena Gioannou says...

    Cool but can we have more facts- number one is intriguing

    On Feb 02, 2019

  • gavin sims says...

    to go along with number 4 white cloth is very expensive so this was also an awesome way to save money if you could get over the black lung

    On Nov 27, 2018

  • Katie Sealey says...

    WT F if fact number 9, poor babies

    On Nov 12, 2018

  • kyra says...

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️

    On Nov 11, 2018

  • Jrg magallanes says...

    my goshhhhhhhh!

    On Nov 11, 2018

  • Jrg magallanes says...

    OH MY! So intresting.This was like#amazing!👍👏🏻

    On Nov 11, 2018

  • Ariana says...

    This is very cool! I love learning new things about the 90s or 80s but this, this is something else! <3

    On May 22, 2018

  • PaCiFiEr231 says...

    Why were the people forcing themselves to wear tight clothes?
    In the #9th fact?
    Why why why?

    On Jan 14, 2017

  • PaCiFiEr231 says...

    The #6th fact is a serious a lol

    On Jan 14, 2017

  • Bella says...

    Lauren Scott, the girl (the one in the middle) is dead. I understand why you thought they all were dead. It’s really weird… Taking a pic of someone who passed away.

    On Dec 13, 2016

  • Lauren Scott says...

    Very interesting. However, with fact #6, which of those 3 people were the deceased? Not to make light of someones passing, but they all look like they passed away. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Are you sure this wasn’t faked? Seriously, do you know?

    On Nov 26, 2016

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