Impact on Women: (i) Women became important readers and writers. Penny magazines, especially meant for women, contained guidelines on proper behaviour and housekeeping. (ii) Novel began to be written in the 19th century and some of the best novelists were women like Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, George Eliot, etc. (iii) Their writing created a new image of women with will, strength of personality, determination and power to think. Impact on Children: (i) Primary education became compulsory from the late 19th century. (ii) School textbooks, rural folk tales in edited versions, fairy tales and new stories were published for children. (iii) Grimm brothers of Germany spent years to collect traditional folk tales from peasants and France and set up a children’s press in 1857.