Isa Craig
was a poet, journalist, editor, and novelist whose literary work was informed by the concerns of the mid-Victorian feminist movement. Her verse appeared in several periodicals, including the feminist
English Woman's Journal, on whose staff she served. As assistant secretary of the
National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
between 1857 and 1865,
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compiled and edited that organization's annual
Transactions. Much of her journalistic writing and fiction is didactic in tone, evincing a concern with the struggles and moral reform of working-class daily life.