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Emily Faithfull
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Standard Name: Faithfull, Emily
Birth Name: Emily Faithfull
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, Victorian feminist, was a publisher before she was an author. After years of intermittent journalistic writing and editing, she published a novel and a travel book. She also became well-known as a lecturer.
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Features | Charlotte Yonge | This novel mocks female self-assertion as absurd and inappropriate, through the experience of Rachel Curtis. CY
seems to be writing of pitfalls and temptations which she had found it hard yet necessary to resist. Readers... |
| Publishing | Mary Taylor | MT
published more than twenty articles, primarily addressing issues surrounding women, work, and economic independence, in Emily Faithfull
's Victoria Magazine. Murray, Janet Horowitz. “The First Duty of Women: Mary Taylor’s Writings in <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Victoria Magazine</span>”;. Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol. 22 , No. 4, pp. 141-7. 142, 147 |
| Textual Production | Mary Taylor | Emily Faithfull
at the Victoria Press
published a collection of MT
's most popular essays: The First Duty of Women: A Series of Articles Reprinted from the Victoria Magazine, 1865-1870. Taylor, Mary. The First Duty of Women. Emily Faithfull. xxv |
| Author summary | Mary Taylor | A committed proponent of female economic independence, MT
was the author of some twenty articles on this and other feminist topics for Emily Faithfull
's Victoria Magazine during the 1860s and 1870s. Many of these... |
| Publishing | Christina Rossetti | Appropriately, this poem in which CR
places herself in a specifically female lineage of poets first appeared in May 1863 in the inaugural issue of the feminist Victoria Magazine, edited by Emily Faithfull
. Rossetti, Christina. The Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti. Editor Crump, Rebecca W., Louisiana State University Press. 1: 288 |
| Dedications | Adelaide Procter | AP
edited The Victoria Regia: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose, with a preface by Emily Faithfull
, published by Faithfull at the Victoria Press
, set by women compositors, and... |
| Friends, Associates | Adelaide Procter | Other intimate feminist friends of AP
's adult years, in addition to Matilda Hays
, were Bessie Rayner Parkes
and Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
. Procter was also a member of the Portfolio Society
... |
| politics | Bessie Rayner Parkes | Besides editing the English Woman's Journal, BRP
collaborated in 1859 with other group members Emily Faithfull
and Adelaide Procter
to found the Victoria Press
(established on 25 March 1860). Levine, Philippa. Feminist Lives in Victorian England: Private Roles and Public Commitment. Basil Blackwell. 9 Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research. 240: 187 |
| Textual Production | Bessie Rayner Parkes | As editor of the new English Woman's Journal from April 1857, BRP
saw the paper as representing the Working Woman, a term that she defined as intended to include all women who are actively... |
| Publishing | Florence Nightingale | It was written in response to the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India
and provided a shortened, and more accessible, version of FN
's report on the commission's findings. Bishop, William John, and Sue Goldie. A Bio-Bibliography of Florence Nightingale. Dawsons for the International Council of Nurses. 57, 63 |
| Publishing | Florence Nightingale | It was published later in the Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science and also by Emily Faithfull
. Bishop, William John, and Sue Goldie. A Bio-Bibliography of Florence Nightingale. Dawsons for the International Council of Nurses. 89 Brothers, Barbara, and Julia Gergits, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 166. Gale Research. 166: 266 |
| Textual Production | Harriet Martineau | HM
wrote on topics related to women and supported a wide range of feminist causes throughout her career. She sent a letter conveying her warm and unrestricted sympathy Martineau, Harriet. Harriet Martineau on Women. Editor Yates, Gayle Graham, Rutgers University Press. 75 |
| Friends, Associates | Anna Kingsford | AK
's wide-ranging interests brought her into contact with an array of people known to a greater or lesser extent in the intellectual life of the day. Through the women's movement she met Barbara Bodichon |
| politics | Anna Brownell Jameson | ABJ
became a mentor to a group of young reformers and educational pioneers, including Adelaide Procter
, Emily Faithfull
, and Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
. She sometimes provided meeting space for the group, both... |
| Leisure and Society | Jean Ingelow | JI
became a member of the Portfolio Society
, to which Adelaide Procter
, Emily Faithfull
, and several other members of the Langham Place Group
also belonged. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 35 Armstrong, Isobel et al., editors. Nineteenth-Century Women Poets. Clarendon Press. 401 |
Timeline
March 1858: The English Woman's Journal, a monthly magazine...
Women writers item
March 1858
The English Woman's Journal, a monthly magazine on the theory and practice of organised feminism, began publication in London, with financial support from Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
and others, under the editorship of...
7 July 1859: The first meeting of the Society for Promoting...
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7 July 1859
The first meeting of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
was held in London; founding members included Anna Jameson
, Emily Faithfull
, Jessie Boucherett
, Adelaide Procter
, Bessie Rayner Parkes
, Isa Craig
, and Sarah Lewin
.
October 1859: The Society for Promoting the Employment...
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October 1859
The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
officially joined with the Social Science Association
.
25 March 1860: Emily Faithfull established the Victoria...
Women writers item
25 March 1860
Emily Faithfull
established the Victoria Press
at 9 Great Coram Street, near Russell Square, London.
September 1860: Emily Faithfull and Bessie Rayner Parkes...
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September 1860
Emily Faithfull
and Bessie Rayner Parkes
spoke on the employment of women in printing trades at the fourth annual conference of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
held in Glasgow.
20 March 1863: The executive of the Ladies' London Emancipation...
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20 March 1863
The executive of the Ladies' London Emancipation Society
first convened at the home of Mentia Taylor
; the Society aimed to enlist British sympathy for the North in the US Civil War.
August 1864: The English Woman's Journal, a practical...
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August 1864
The English Woman's Journal, a practical and theoretical source of organized feminism from London, merged into The Alexandra Magazine and English Woman's Journal.
February 1876: Emma Paterson, in association with Emily...
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February 1876
Emma Paterson
, in association with Emily Faithfull
and with the help of Henrietta Müller
, founded the Women's Co-operative Printing Society
in London. The Society lasted until the 1950s.
February 1876: Emma Paterson launched, as editor, the first...
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February 1876
Emma Paterson
launched, as editor, the first issue of the Women's Union Journal, a monthly publication of the Women's Protective and Provident League
, an organization founded by Paterson in London in July 1874...
26 February 1876: Women and Work, a practical guide to employment...
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26 February 1876
Women and Work, a practical guide to employment for middle-class women, ended publication in London.
By 15 July 1876: Emma Paterson, in association with Emily...
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By 15 July 1876
Emma Paterson
, in association with Emily Faithfull
, founded the cooperative Women's Printing Society
in London.
June 1880: Victoria Magazine, produced by Emily Faithfull...
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June 1880
Texts
Faithfull, Emily. Change upon Change. Emily Faithfull, 1868.
Faithfull, Emily. On Some of the Drawbacks Connected with the Present Employment of Women. Emily Faithfull, 1862.
Faithfull, Emily. “Preface”. The Victoria Regia, edited by Adelaide Procter, Emily Faithfull, 1861, p. v - viii.
Faithfull, Emily. The Victoria Regia. Editor Procter, Adelaide, Emily Faithfull, 1861.
Faithfull, Emily. Three Visits to America. D. Douglas, 1884.
Faithfull, Emily. “Victoria Press”. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group, edited by Candida Ann Lacey, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987, pp. 281-6.
Faithfull, Emily. “Women Compositors”. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group, edited by Candida Ann Lacey, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987, pp. 287-91.