As an English author, Anne Brontë was disregarded and left in the shadows for a very long time due to the loud echo of her sisters’ voices. But this does certainly not diminish the fact that her works are of great importance for understanding the social norms of the Victorian period, and it does not mean that she did not influence the work of many authors that addressed the subjects regarding the status of women in the Victorian era. It is well known that women had undergone serious struggles to acquire a status and the privileges that were easily accessible to men, especially when it comes to marital rights and political investment. Anne Brontë was one of the authors of the time who used her writing to defy the social norms and put a new light on the position of women. Her second novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), was published under the pseudonym Acton Bell, and the reason underlying this choice was the prevailing view of the public that women were not allowed to speak their mind. The society was hard on the novel because it depicted a heroine brave enough to bend the rules and the laws, as well as to express her thoughts without fear of being judged. With this novel, Anne Brontë voiced her views on the Victorian patriarchy to the general public and we could say that she presented us with a critical overview of her period, and helped in creating a new, more appreciated concept of a Victorian woman. She addressed the most important problems regarding the rights of women that needed to be changed, such as the women’s rights in marriage and custody of her children. She had also helped in allowing the women to stand against the patriarchal orthodoxy and changing the prevailing social standards. The aim of this study is to provide a discourse on Victorian patriarchy seen through Anne Brontë’s eyes and expressed within the novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.