Find out how Queen Victoria came to rule over nearly a quarter of the world by 1901.
Discover why so many Victorian children worked in mines and factories.
See what life was like in a Victorian home for wealthy families and the servants who worked for them.
Women campaigned in the Chartist movement - demanding votes for both men and women - and formed their own trade unions.
In 1883, married working-class women formed the Women's Co-operative Guild and went on to win maternity and other rights.