Women of Victorian Sussex is well researched, scholarly and immensely readable, and provides a vivid account of life lived by women in Sussex that is comprehensive and typical of the lives of women all over Britain in the nineteenth century.

It is also beautifully illustrated with pictures, press cuttings and advertisements which make the stories told so real and immediate.

This book is a classic and should be read by all those who have an interest in women and women's rights, since it provides a perfect background to modern studies.