Acknowledgements
Note on Names
1: `The Lady at their Head': Women and the Landed Estates
2: `The Business and Charities of the Parish': Churches, Schools,
and Local Authority
3: `Many to Take Care of': Charity, Philanthropy, and
Paternalism
4: `Aristocratical and Female Influence': Elections and
Electioneering
5: `Party' Politics: Metropolitan Political Society.
6: `A Busy and Suspicious "Cabal" or "Head Housemaids"'? The Ladies
of Queen Victoria's Household
Conclusion
Biographical Appendix
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