Elizabeth Barrett Browning [1806-1861] wrote some beautiful poetry in her epic poem Aurora Leigh which advocated more equal rights for women in the Victorian era. "With quiet indignation I broke in. 'You misconceive the question like a man, who sees a woman as the complement of his sex merely. You forget too much that every creature, female as the male, stands single in responsible act and thought as also in birth and death. Whoever says to a loyal woman, 'Love and work with me,' will get fair answers, if the work and love being good themselves, are good for her [...]"
Virginia Woolf once said that, "for most of history, Anonymous was a woman," and that "a woman must have money and a room of her own [...]" How true that last sentiment is. Today, more than ever, a woman still needs her own space - even in the family home. That is why I have designed these beautiful slippers for you ladies who are the 21st century's "angel of the house". Put your feet up and crochet a pair of Victorian inspired ballet slippers to wear around the house. You deserved to be pampered!
Virginia Woolf once said that, "for most of history, Anonymous was a woman," and that "a woman must have money and a room of her own [...]" How true that last sentiment is. Today, more than ever, a woman still needs her own space - even in the family home. That is why I have designed these beautiful slippers for you ladies who are the 21st century's "angel of the house". Put your feet up and crochet a pair of Victorian inspired ballet slippers to wear around the house. You deserved to be pampered!
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