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December 13th, 2009 - 6:00 am § in Love, Men, Sex, Women

The Men and Women’s Club

In the summer of 1885, Karl Pearson founded The Men and Women’s Club with the aim to discuss “all matters…connected with the mutual position and relation of men and women.” Pearson drew his members from middle-class liberals, socialists, and feminists, and over the lifespan o[...]

October 21st, 2009 - 6:00 am § in Ceremonies, Love, Marriage, Social History

The Wedding

The typical Edwardian woman wished to see her name printed in the newspapers but thrice in her lifetime: at birth, at marriage, and at death. Fortunately for the press-hungry, a woman’s wedding was cause for pages and pages of articles devoted to announcements, details of the ceremony, and adv[...]

March 28th, 2009 - 12:00 pm § in Books, Literature, Love, Scandal, Women

Elinor Glyn and “Three Weeks”

In 1812 with the publication of Childe Harold, Lord Byron “awoke and found myself famous”. The same could be said of prolific Edwardian author Elinor Glyn who, after stirring a bit of attention for herself with The Visits of Elizabeth awoke one morning in 1907 to find herself infamous with the p[...]

July 17th, 2008 - 6:00 am § in Gossip, Love, Marriage, Scandal, Sex

An Aristocratic Ménage: Consuelo, Sunny and Gladys

At the turn of the century, Sunny and Consuelo had yet to reach the pinnacle of their loathing for one another, but their marriage had grown uncomfortable enough for society to notice the mounting tension between them. An outlet was necessary to relieve tension, and this opened the door for the dram[...]

May 3rd, 2008 - 9:02 pm § in Love, Men, Sex, Technology, Women

The Spirit of Ecstasy

One of the world’s premiere automobile brands, Rolls Royce conjures the image of wealth, class and elegance. Founded in 1906 by Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls, the firm soon became entwined with the 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, Conservative MP and motoring enthusiast, and the Hampshir[...]

April 14th, 2008 - 6:00 am § in Love, Marriage, Social History, Women

The American Heiress

Between the years 1870 and 1914, hundreds of American heiresses flooded the shores of Britain and Continental Europe. To this day, their influence (and lineage) can be traced through many noble European households, and even some royal ones (Princess Diana was descended from New York heiress Frances [...]





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