Hiromi KONO    Department   Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages  , Department of English Studies for Careers    Position   Professor
Research Period	2013/04～2016/03
Research Topic	The Relation Between The Nineteenth Century British Female Social Reformers and The Victctorian Periodicals
Research Type	KAKENHI Research
KAKENHI Grant No.	25370333
KAKENHI Category	English literature and literature in the English language
Research System	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Responsibility	Representative Researcher
Details	This research project has been focused on how three female social reformers in the Victorian era utilized the print culture to promote themselves as well as their social reforms. Political messages were heavily weighted on print materials and read by many upper and middle classes men while a wider range of entertainment issues gradually appeared through the period. After illustrations and photos were introduced to the print industry, it allowed illiterates’ men and women from he working class to "read an article". It was the birth of mass media and the beginning of the consumer culture. News about female social reformers was favorite subjects to read for the mass citizens and contributions of the female social reformers to the society let the media to form the images representing the saint from the biblical stories. This saint image created and supported by the print culture and the mass audience was the key element for female social reformers to carry out their reforms.