Queen Victoria Quotes


… men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this [childbirth] very often. God's will be done, and if He decrees that we are to have a great number of children, why we must try to bring them up as useful and exemplary members of society.


Context

Birth control was not commonly available and knowledge about it was also sparce. Having many children was the “will of God” in common parlance.


Citations

Victoria Alexandrina, 1819-1901, [Queen Victoria], Queen of Great Britain and Ireland & Empress of India, Letter to her Uncle, Leopold II, King of Belgium, January 5, 1841

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Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria
  • Born: May 24, 1819
  • Died: January 22, 1901
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Royalty

Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was the longest of any British monarch until surpassed by that of Elizabeth II. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India.