The purpose of this project is to contextualize the arguments of women which were published in periodicals during the Victorian fin de siecle. We have chosen to present only essays written by women as to focus on their perspectives on the New Woman, the Woman Question, and the role of women in society. Although we have selected both women that supported the New Woman and women that rejected any social change, we recognize that the women that were able to have their opinions published in periodicals do not represent all women in Britain. The authors we have researched and contextualized are all white, middle or upper class women that were educated. Unfortunately the voices of women of color, lower class women, immigrants, and women from other marginalized groups were suppressed by society and were not published in periodicals for all to read because they were not valued. Additionally, we only have access to essays and periodicals that readers and scholars have chosen to value and save for future generations. Even the perspectives and work of wealthy, white women can be difficult to find. For example, we cannot find a digitized version of "Why Women Are Ceasing to Marry" by Ella Hepworth Dixon and we could not find much information on the life of Ella W. Winston.

The work and lives of women were not valued as much as those of men during the late Victorian era or the decades after, which is evident in the social and political standing of women. In this project, we aim to contextualize the perspectives of women during the late Victorian period, more specifically the 1880s and 1890s. We attempt to place the work of these six women in context by constructing a timeline of important political events, creating a gallery of art from the time that depict the controversy surrounding the Woman Question, and providing information on the lives of women and the periodicals in which their essays were published.