And that didn’t mean leaving with the cute bartender, ... Here’s a list of the basics of how to treat a lady Victorian style: Stand when a lady enters a room.

Romance novelists gathered at a seminar to learn how to dress—and undress—heroines in their books. Bodice ripping was complicated—ladies in the 1800s wore a dozen layers, including stockings ...

I Shall Faint: 'Unmentionable' Unpacks Victorian Womanhood Therese Oneill's new Unmentionable is a snarkily informal history of the difficulty of being a woman in the Victorian Era, hemmed in from ...

Earlier this month, we showed 21st-century lads how to gentrify their wardrobes Victorian-style. Today, it’s the fairer sex’s turn. So ladies, if you’d like to shake things up with a bit of ...

In Therese's upcoming book Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners, she explores menstruation in the 19th century along with other forgotten corners of history.