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In the second half of the 19th Century, the development of a new and diverse range of magazines, leaflets and books written by educated and wealthy Victorian women for a female audience had a radicalising effect on the women’s movement. The desire for equality before the law led to a pressure for female suffrage and a minor publishing revolution developed in support of these goals.

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