Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
John Stuart Mill
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Standard Name: Mill, John Stuart
Used Form: J. S. Mill
JSM
was a leader in the intellectual life of the nineteenth century and of liberal or progressive thought. He wrote numerous philosophical works, publishing essays, newspaper articles, reviews, letters, and pamphlets over approximately sixty years. Best-known to feminists is Of the Subjection of Women, 1869. Harriet Taylor
, whom he married after her husband's death, was a major influence on him.
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriet Taylor | HT
met John Stuart Mill
through her Unitarian
minister, William Fox
. Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York University Press. 208 |
| Friends, Associates | Harriet Taylor | At HT
's request Mill
ended his friendships with Sarah Austin
and Harriet Grote
. He rekindled these acquaintances after her death. Rose, Phyllis. Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages. Alfred A. Knopf. 137 |
| Publishing | Helen Taylor | The essay, originally titled The Ladies' Petition, was reprinted as a pamphlet the same year, after John Stuart Mill
approached publisher Trübner and Co.
with the manuscript. Robson, Ann P. et al. “Introduction and Editorial Materials”. Sexual Equality, University of Toronto Press, p. vii - xxxv; various pages. 216 OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Travel | Harriet Taylor | HT
travelled to Paris in order to take the decision whether she should separate permanently from her husband
and enter into a more intimate relationship with John Stuart Mill
. Rose, Phyllis. Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages. Alfred A. Knopf. 110 Hayek, Friedrich Augustus von et al. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor; Their Correspondence [i.e. Friendship] and Subsequent Marriage. University of Chicago Press. 49 |
| Health | Harriet Taylor | In the winter of 1835-6 John Stuart Mill
's letters reported that HT
was in bad health. Hayek, Friedrich Augustus von et al. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor; Their Correspondence [i.e. Friendship] and Subsequent Marriage. University of Chicago Press. 100 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Helen Taylor | The essay considers the suffrage petition presented by Mill
in 1866 to the House of Commons
. While examining the petition, HT
gives particular attention to the English constitution and laws that allow women to... |
| Residence | Harriet Taylor | HT
lived apart from her husband, John Taylor
, at Walton-on-Thames, where Mill
visited often. Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York University Press. 208 Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press. |
| Travel | Harriet Taylor | She and Mill regularly travelled together. Both in poor health in 1838, for example, they travelled to Italy and back through Germany. They took care, however, never to reveal to their friends before leaving... |
| Textual Production | Helen Taylor | HT
collaborated with John Stuart Mill
on several projects. She assisted him in the completion of The Subjection of Women (1869) and edited his posthumous Autobiography(1873). Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. |
| Travel | Harriet Taylor | John Stuart Mill
and his younger brothers met HT
and her children in Paris, whence they travelled to Geneva and Lausanne before Mill and Taylor continued alone to Genoa. Hayek, Friedrich Augustus von et al. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor; Their Correspondence [i.e. Friendship] and Subsequent Marriage. University of Chicago Press. 101-2 Rose, Phyllis. Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages. Alfred A. Knopf. 116 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriet Taylor | Her husband
was himself ill, and objected to her journey, but she was determined to go. Rose, Phyllis. Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages. Alfred A. Knopf. 117 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Mary Taylor | In her pursuit of female independence, Taylor refutes Milton
's assertion in Paradise Lost (He for God only, and she for God in him), Taylor, Mary. The First Duty of Women. Emily Faithfull. 177 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Harriet Taylor | HT
married John Stuart Mill
on Easter Monday at a registry office outside London, nearly two years after the death of her first husband
. Hayek, Friedrich Augustus von et al. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor; Their Correspondence [i.e. Friendship] and Subsequent Marriage. University of Chicago Press. 169 Rose, Phyllis. Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages. Alfred A. Knopf. 120 |
| Cultural formation | Harriet Taylor | There is, unsurprisingly, no solid evidence as to the sexual characteristics of the Mills' seven-year marriage. Some scholars argue that, because of Taylor
's health problems and the repression of Mill
's sexuality by his... |
| Health | Harriet Taylor | HT
and John Stuart Mill
were ordered abroad by their doctor. Hayek, Friedrich Augustus von et al. John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor; Their Correspondence [i.e. Friendship] and Subsequent Marriage. University of Chicago Press. 185 |
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