1.   She had brought a book, a feminist critique of Victorian lady novelists.

2.   Was it a symbol of her discontent as a Victorian lady?

3.   A rose garden with wide paths to accommodate the billowing skirts worn by Victorian ladies is a favorite spot for summer weddings.

4.   Paths today are not boulevards for carts or for Victorian ladies in wide skirts.

5.   She was a driven, demented, stingy and unpleasant woman at a time when Victorian ladies were expected to be gracious and demure.

6.   The expedition also pays tribute to women pioneers like Lucy Walker, with Alison Henry climbing in the costume of a Victorian lady.