Gertrude Bell Was Victorian England's 'Female Lawrence of Arabia'
It ’s safe to say the majority of women in Victorian - geological era England were n’t afford too many opportunities for adventure . In fact , most women from the 1830s through the turn of the century were expected to fall quietly into the social clay sculpture created by men , since they were consider as " irrational , sensitive , and duteous . " Let ’s just say world traveler , skilled mountaineer and notedarchaeologistGertrude Bellwas notyour averageVictorianwoman ....