Research help?

[zinnith]

Dear smart people on my f-list!
When writing a story set in Victorian London in the late 19:th century, where is one most likely to fail in regards to gender/class/race/etc? I have a ton of research to do for this thing and I need somewhere to start.

Also - resources?

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[zinfic.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That would be much appreciated. It's a Sherlock Holmes fanfic (can't resist holmes_big_bang) so the period would be the 1880:s. I've just started doing research and I anticipate a long list of questions before I'm done. Maybe I can call on you and your mum for the ones I can't find the answers to myself, or hoist off on my own history teaching mother?