Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Mary Carpenter
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Standard Name: Carpenter, Mary
Used Form: Mary Carpenter of Bristol
Pseudonym: A Prison Matron
Pseudonym: A Worker
MC
, one of the founders of the Ragged Schools movement, was indefatigable in giving papers and publishing articles about her favourite topics: the use of education as a force for positive change, especially in the lives of the poor and of those convicted of crime. Many of her short pieces had a later independent life as pamphlets. She began publishing with a book of religious devotion in 1845, and went on to memoirs of fellow philanthropists, directions for running schools and prisons, and polemic urging more positive action on the part of government.
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The book was dedicated to Mary Somerville, Mary Carpenter
, and Harriet Hosmer
, as respectively, The Authoress of The Connection of the Physical Sciences, The Foundress of the First Female Reformatory, and The...
Friends, Associates
Frances Power Cobbe
Seeking a purpose in life, she had met her lifelong friend Clementia or Mentia Taylor
and other social activists in London. The arrangement with Carpenter
was facilitated by her supporter Lady Byron
, who...
Friends, Associates
Maria Grey
Her work for women's education brought MG
into contact with Dorothea Beale
, Emily Davies
, Mary Carpenter
, and Mary Gurney
. Her time in Italy brought her other friends, among them the operatic...
Occupation
Frances Power Cobbe
FPC
began a period of gruelling work with Mary Carpenter
in the Ragged Schools movement in an impoverished part of Bristol.
Cobbe, Frances Power. Life of Frances Power Cobbe. Houghton, Mifflin, 1894.
1: 250-2
Occupation
Sarah Tytler
As regards the typical feminine curriculum, ST
resented the tradition of mandatory music teaching—of the piano—to young women, and the slight to other branches of education in the extravagant favour shown to one branch.
Tytler, Sarah. Three Generations. J. Murray, 1911.
235-6
politics
Frances Power Cobbe
FPC
's interest in women's rights was born during her work with Mary Carpenter
. In her own words, she was chiefly moved by reflection on the sufferings and wrongs borne by women, in great...
Publishing
Edith J. Simcox
Much of EJS
's writing was influenced by John Stuart Mill
, Jeremy Bentham
, and Auguste Comte
. She wrote for a range of publications including the Contemporary Review, the North British Review...
Residence
Frances Power Cobbe
On returning from her travels, FPC
took lodgings with Mary Carpenter
in Red Lodge House next to Carpenter's reformatory school in Bristol.
The house stood at the corner of Lodge Street and Lower Park...
Textual Features
Caroline Frances Cornwallis
CFC
's article is well researched, drawing on information from Juvenile Delinquents, their Condition and Treatment by Mary Carpenter
(one of the judges in the prize competition) and from the Report of the Select Committee...
