During the Victorian era, one of the English queens said makeup was for whores... Which queen was it?

Question

I'm writing a research paper about Flappers, and how not too long ago, women liked to look natural. (ex. Victorian women pinching their cheeks to make them rosy) So I remember seeing somewhere that one of the English queens around that era said: "Women who wear makeup are whores..."

Does anyone know which queen it was?

Answer 1

I seriously doubt that Queen victoria ever used the word "w***e".  She may have said "light women" or something similiar, if she ever really made such a remark.  queen Victoria was actually not nearly as stuffy as she is sometimes portrayed as being, and a lot of the prejudices of the victorian era, which are often blamed on her, did not originate with her at all.

Answer 2

lol

Answer 3

There was only one English Queen during the Victorian era--Queen Victoria.  She undoubtedly disapproved of makeup, but I doubt that she ever put it so bluntly.

Answer 4

Queen Victoria but did not say whores.

Queen Victoria publicly declared makeup improper, vulgar, and acceptable only for use by actors.

Answer 5

Are you serious???

Answer 6

Queen Victoria never saw a flapper - they were a feature of the 1930s by which time she had been dead for two decades. The Queen at that time was Queen Mary, the wife of George V. She might well have said something of the kind - she was pretty starchy.

Answer 7

Umm...well, the reason it's called "The Victorian Era" is because Queen Victoria was the queen (THE ONLY ONE!) of England at the time.

Soooo...even though I've never heard the quote, I'm going to say it was "Queen Victoria".

I'm going to star you for entertaining me.

Answer 8

Queen Victoria.

Makeup during that era were really used by royalty, nobles and aristocrats (women), however after sometime the common women (particularly whores) started using makeup also. Since the upper class doesn't want to be associated with the common people they stopped using makeup.

Answer 9

Since there was only one English queen between 1714 and 1952, I think you can rule down the possibilities. Guess what her name was?

However, I seriously doubt that she ever said your quote.

Answer 10

During the late 19th century, a little discrete rouge on the cheeks was about all proper society would tolerate in a well-bred woman, but pinching the cheek as Scarlet O'Hara did in "Gone with the Wind" was preferred by ladies of discretion.  Victorian professional beauties, the actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Lillie Langtry, however, could get away with a light coating of face powder under the limelights.

Queen Victoria was not amused by many things, but I've never heard of any comments about makeup attributed to her.   By 1920, Zelda Fitzgerald, the girls in the Ziegfeld Follies, and silent movie actresses applied their makeup in public, still sparing the rouge but not stinting on the lipstick.  Women in metropolitan areas, such as Wallis Simpson,  followed their lead, but it took awhile for women in rural areas and small towns to adopt the styles of these dens of iniquity.  For example, Texas school boards often prohibited female teachers in the 1920s and 30s from painting their nails or wearing obvious makeup.  If a woman married, she often had to give up her teaching career.