Agnes Marshall is responsible for teaching an entire generation of victorian women how to cook. She would teach woman how to use different technologies in the kitchen long before there were modern and household appliences. she is considered to be an early example of a businesswoman. These traditions and practices of the Victorian era are shown in "Porphyria's Lover" as she is just a housewife .

Blakemore, Erin. “Meet the Martha Stewart of the Victorian Era.” HISTORY, 23 Aug. 2018, www.history.com/news/meet-the-martha-stewart-of-the-victorian-era.