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Pregnancy in the Victorian Era: a Steampunk Feminist Perspective

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The biggest 'problem' with being pregnant in the Victorian era was the obvious implication that the woman had engaged in sex. So being pregnant wasn't something you announced, and certainly wasn't something discussed in mixed company. This was the era of the euphemism, so that a pregnant woman was 'in an interesting condition', 'in a delicate condition', 'expecting', 'with…

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