Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, seventh Earl of Shaftesbury
Standard Name: Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper,,, seventh Earl of
Used Form: Lord Shaftesbury
Connections
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politics | Hesba Stretton | This society later became the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
or NSPCC. The meeting of twenty people included Angela Burdett-Coutts
and the Earl of Shaftesbury
. HS
wrote the report for... |
politics | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna | CET
presented a petition on behalf of oppressed Russian Jews to Tsar Nicholas I
. Signatories included many who shared her domestic reform agenda, including Lord Shaftesbury |
politics | Emily Faithfull | The central concern of this society was educational and industrial reform; papers presented and discussed at the VDS meetings dealt not only with every aspect of women's work but also with sundry political, social and... |
politics | Adelaide Procter | Earlier in the year, the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
had appointed AP
as member of a committee to consider ways of providing employment opportunities for women. It was an appointment that... |
Occupation | Caroline Chisholm | While the Chisholms themselves were responsible for most of the actual details of the FCLS, the society also had a Central Committee in London which included Lord Ashley
and Sidney Herbert
among other MPs and... |
Occupation | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
became, with George Hoggan
, Honorary Secretary of the new society, which they co-founded. Prominent supporters included the Earl of Shaftesbury
, who became the first president, the Archbishop of York
, politicians James Stansfeld |
Health | Elizabeth Rigby | This debilitating condition (which ran in her family) had been troubling her since 1876. She was accompanied abroad by her longtime housekeeper, Mrs Anderson, who died soon after their return. ER
remained very ill and... |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Rigby | In London, she met theCarlyles
and John Gibson Lockhart
's daughter Charlotte
. She was also introduced to her future husband, Charles Eastlake
. She called on Agnes Strickland
and Maria Edgeworth
. Lord Shaftesbury |
Friends, Associates | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna | During her time at Bristol, she met the elderly Hannah More
, who encouraged her in her teaching project. Her interest in factory reform later brought her into contact with Lord Shaftesbury
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Education | Florence Nightingale | After returning home from Rome, FN
remained dissatisfied with her domestic situation (which, she believed, denied her calling to serve God), and therefore immersed herself in her studies. She read statistics and government documents obtained... |
Dedications | Isa Craig | The volume was dedicated to the memory of the Earl of Shaftesbury
. The editor of a later, undated edition, Charles Bullock
, noted in his introduction that the story had gained universal commendation and... |
Dedications | Anna Maria Hall | Boons and Blessings was dedicated to the Earl of Shaftesbury
and contained several previously published stories, including The Worn Thimble; a Story of Woman's Duty and Woman's Influence(1853) and The Drunkard's Bible (1854). Keane, Maureen. Mrs. S.C. Hall: A Literary Biography. Colin Smythe. 218 |
Dedications | Caroline Norton | She wrote this poem without any direct experience of factory conditions, but at a time when she was sensitized to social injustice by learning the extent of her estranged husband's power over her, and to... |
Timeline
February 1809: The Quarterly Review was founded....
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February 1809
The Quarterly Review was founded.
1838: Lord Shaftesbury first brought up for discussion...
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1838
Lord Shaftesbury
first brought up for discussion in the House of Lords
the protection of young females from vice.
15 March 1844: Lord Shaftesbury introduced the Ten Hours...
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15 March 1844
Lord Shaftesbury
introduced the Ten Hours Bill with a speech noting that in 1839 more than half of the factory operators in the British Empire were female, and almost half of these female workers were...
May 1844: The Society for Improving the Condition of...
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May 1844
The Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes
began to work towards housing reform; the society was a revitalized and revamped version of the Labourer's Friend Society
of the previous decade.
6 June 1844: A new Factory Act was implemented, limiting...
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6 June 1844
A new Factory Act was implemented, limiting female factory workers of eighteen years and over to the same hours as young persons aged thirteen to seventeen.
2 September 1852: The Manchester Free Library, the first major...
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2 September 1852
The Manchester Free Library
, the first major British public lending library, opened in Manchester.
April 1853: Stage performer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield,...
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April 1853
Stage performer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
, an ex-slave from Mississippi and the first Black concert singer to win fame in both the US and Britian, arrived in Liverpool.
1854: The Pure Literature Society was founded under...
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1854
The Pure Literature Society
was founded under Lord Shaftesbury
's leadership with the aim of stemming the increasingly sensational tide in evangelical literature.
14 August 1855: The Religious Worship Act was passed, under...
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14 August 1855
The Religious Worship Act was passed, under the direction of Lord Shaftesbury
.
Probably October 1858: The Ladies' National Association for the...
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Probably October 1858
The Ladies' National Association for the Diffusion of Sanitary Knowledge
was founded through the work of Isa Craig
, Elizabeth Garrett
, and Lady Stanley of Alderley
, and others.
1859: The Association for Sanitary Reform was founded;...
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1859
The Association for Sanitary Reform
was founded; Lord Shaftesbury
was Chairman.
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
.
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