Women have the upper hand

Women were slowly becoming more independent in the late 19th century and this scared the hell out of some of the blokes …
All the girls are busy knitting jumpers
Blighted Gardener, The; Cabbages and Turniptops
Calico Printer’s Clerk (The)
Charming Young Widow (The)
Cod liver oil
Cushie Butterfield
Dark girl dress’d in blue (The)
Dash my vig
I’ll go and enlist for a sailor
I’m a lady policeman
Isabella with the gingham umbrella
Jemima Brown
Mary Ann, She’s after me
Polly Perkins of Paddington Green
Sarah’s Young Man
She was! She was!
Shelling Green Peas
Watercress girl (The)
Watercresses