William Booth

Standard Name: Booth, William

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Josephine Butler
In the early months of 1885, Butler had been introduced to reformed prostitute Rebecca Jarrett by Florence Booth , daughter of the Salvation Army founders Catherine and William Booth . JB then introduced her friend...
politics Christabel Pankhurst
CP advocated militancy in the suffrage movement. February 1908 witnessed her Trojan Horse strategy, in which she smuggled suffragettes into the House of Commons in two furniture vans. She also borrowed organisational strategies from William
Publishing Margaret Harkness
It was reissued as In Darkest London in 1891, following the appearance of In Darkest England, 1890, by Salvation Army founder William Booth .
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Sypher, Eileen. “The Novels of Margaret Harkness”. Turn-of-the-Century Women, No. 2, pp. 12 -6.
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Nord, Deborah Epstein. Walking the Victorian Streets: Women, Representation, and the City. Cornell University Press, 1995.
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Timeline

1859
Evangelist and future Mother of the Salvation ArmyCatherine Booth published the pamphlet Female Ministry; or, Woman's Right to Preach the Gospel.
1864
Evangelists William and Catherine Booth moved to Mile End Road, London, and founded the East London Revival Society , a precursor to their later Salvation Army .
2 July 1865
William Booth led his first evangelical Christian Mission meeting in London's East End.
1877
Gospel Temperance reached England, brought over from the United States to London by William Noble .
1878
Evangelists William and Catherine Booth founded the Salvation Army ; this was an evolution from their earlier Christian Mission , attempting a more aggressive military-style approach to charity work.
1884
The Salvation Army 's Women's Social Services was created in Whitechapel.
By 1 November 1890
William Booth , founder of the Salvation Army , published In Darkest England, and the Way Out, a call for active Christianity and social reform.
1934
Evangeline Cora Booth , daughter of Salvation Army founders Catherine and William Booth , was elected Commander of the Salvation Army worldwide.