Victoria Day (May 22, 2023)
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"Victoria Day [is a] Canadian holiday on which the British sovereign’s birthday is celebrated. In 1845, during the reign of Queen Victoria, May 24, the Queen’s birthday, was declared a holiday in Canada. After Victoria’s death in 1901, an act of the Canadian Parliament established Victoria Day as a legal holiday, to be celebrated on May 24 (or on May 25 when May 24 fell on a Sunday)." Victoria Day in modern times is observed as the Monday preceding May 25 (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Victoria-Day).
Books
Imperialism at Home by Call Number: ARCHER ; PR 878 R34 M49 1996ISBN: 9780801482557Publication Date: 1996-06-15
The politics of gender in Victorian Britain : masculinity, political culture, and the struggle for women's rights by Call Number: ARCHER ; HQ 1236.5 G7 G75 2012ISBN: 1139505319Publication Date: 2012
Movies
Victorian Era Inventions and the Modern Library
- Book ListDisplay - Victorian Era Inventions and the Modern Library
- Classic Literature on OverdriveAccess and read online "classic literature" on your phone with the Libby App
- Crafting CommunitiesFollow step-by-step tutorials to learn 19th-century crafting techniques and make your own creations.
- Alice thaumatrope template November 20, 2015 - This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice in Wonderland, and we decided to honor the occasion at Princeton University Community Staff Day! Our event table was stocked with some super, yet simple-to-assemble, thaumatropes. T A thaumatrope is a Victorian optical toy. It consists of two images printed on opposite sides of a paper disc or card. When you twirl the thaumatrope, its two pictures appear to blend into one. Most thaumatropes are twirled using string. We decided to mount ours on pencils.
