Kamm, Josephine, and Mary Stocks. Rapiers and Battleaxes: The Women’s Movement And Its Aftermath. George Allen and Unwin, 1966.
102
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Isa Craig | IC
was appointed assistant secretary to the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
(which was actually launched in October). McCrone, Kathleen E. “The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science and the Advancement of Victorian Women”. Atlantis, Vol. 8 , No. 1, 1982, pp. 44-66. 46 Goldman, Lawrence. Science, Reform, and Politics in Victorian Britain: The Social Science Association 1857-1886. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 1 |
| Occupation | Isa Craig | IC
was chosen for this position by George Hastings
, lawyer, reformer, and general secretary of the Social Science Association
. Hirsch, Pam. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon 1827-1891: Feminist, Artist and Rebel. Chatto and Windus, 1998. 193 |
| Occupation | Anna Brownell Jameson | ABJ
made her final public appearance at the Bradford meeting of the Social Science Association
, where her comments on papers on women's employment were heard with awe. Johnston, Judith. Anna Jameson: Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters. Scolar Press, 1997. xiv Jameson, Anna Brownell. Anna Jameson: Letters and Friendships (1812-1860). Editor Erskine, Beatrice Caroline, T. Fisher Unwin, 1915. 336-7 |
| Occupation | Florence Nightingale | The following year she devised ways to standardize statistics for hospital use. Nightingale, Florence. Ever Yours, Florence Nightingale. Editors Vicinus, Martha and Bea Nergaard, Harvard University Press, 1990. 207 Webb, Val. Florence Nightingale: The Making of a Radical Theologian. Chalice, 2002. 114 |
| Occupation | Emily Faithfull | This was an important year for the Victoria Press, and consequently for EF
. In addition to printing The English Woman's Journal, the Transactions of the Social Science Association, and a number of... |
| Occupation | Frances Power Cobbe | |
| Performance of text | Isa Craig | IC
delivered a paper at Liverpool to the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
, entitled Emigration as a Preventive Agency. Craig, Isa. “Emigration as a Preventive Agency”. English Woman’s Journal, Vol. 2 , No. 11, Jan. 1859, pp. 289-97. 289 |
| Performance of text | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
gave a paper, co-written with Margaret Elliot
, at the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
Congress in Glasgow, which then appeared as the 14-page pamphlet, Destitute Incurables in Workhouses. OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004. 113-14 |
| Performance of text | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
read at the Social Science
Congress in Dublin a paper later published by Emily Faithfull
as Friendless Girls, and How to Help Them, Being an Account of the Preventive Mission at Bristol. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004. 116, 118 |
| politics | Bessie Rayner Parkes | She travelled long distances to speak at Social Science Congress
es in October 1859, October 1860, and June 1862, putting herself among the first women to speak (as opposed to writing a paper for someone... |
| politics | Maria Grey | During the 1870s, MG
and Emily Shirreff attended annual meetings and appeared on programmes of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
. Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979. 106-7 |
| politics | Lydia Becker | |
| politics | Jessie Boucherett | JB
and Bessie Rayner Parkes
delivered papers at the Congress of the Social Science Association
at Bradford, addressing issues relating to women's employment. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994. 47 |
| politics | Jessie Boucherett | In 1859, along with Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
and Adelaide Procter
, JB
launched the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
(SPEW). They held their first meeting on 19 June 1859. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994. 232n1 Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements. “Obituary: Miss Emilia Jessie Boucherett”. Times, 21 Oct. 1905, p. 8. |
| politics | Emily Faithfull | The opportunity to do this resulted from a speech they had just given at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
at Glasgow. |
Timeline
October 1857: The National Association for the Promotion...
National or international item
October 1857
The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
was organized in London.
Fletcher, Sheila. Feminists and Bureaucrats: A Study in the Development of Girls’ Education in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
15
Burstyn, Joan. Victorian Education and the Ideal of Womanhood. Croom Helm, 1980.
25
Fletcher, Sheila. Feminists and Bureaucrats: A Study in the Development of Girls’ Education in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
14-15
Hawes, Frances. Henry Brougham. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
292-3
October 1857: The National Association for the Promotion...
National or international item
October 1857
The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
was organized in London.
Fletcher, Sheila. Feminists and Bureaucrats: A Study in the Development of Girls’ Education in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
15
Burstyn, Joan. Victorian Education and the Ideal of Womanhood. Croom Helm, 1980.
25
Fletcher, Sheila. Feminists and Bureaucrats: A Study in the Development of Girls’ Education in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
14-15
Hawes, Frances. Henry Brougham. Jonathan Cape, 1957.
292-3
October 1859: The Society for Promoting the Employment...
National or international item
October 1859
The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
officially joined with the Social Science Association
.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
140, 142
Late 1859: The offices of The English Woman's Journal...
Women writers item
Late 1859
The offices of The English Woman's Journal moved from Cavendish Square to 19 Langham Place, where a ladies' club was also planned.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
140
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 311, 313
September 1860: Emily Faithfull and Bessie Rayner Parkes...
Writing climate item
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.
Reynolds, Siân. Britannica’s Typesetters: Women Compositors in Edwardian England. Edinburgh University Press, 1989.
30-1
1861: Maria Rye established the Female Middle Class...
National or international item
1861
Maria Rye
established the Female Middle Class Emigration Society
in response to the scarcity of jobs in England for girls and women.
Wagner, Gillian. Children of the Empire. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982.
40
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
Parkes, Bessie Rayner. “A Review of the Last Six Years”. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Group, edited by Candida Ann Lacey, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2001, pp. 215-22.
220
Women’s Library,. “Appendix 1.4 (1FME): Female Middle Class Emigration Society (FMCES)”. The Women’s Library, 1 Mar. 2006.
1
1862: The London meeting of the National Association...
Building item
1862
The London meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
accepted a paper from Emily Davies
on Medicine as a Profession for Women.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
57
21 April 1868: A Married Women's Property Bill prepared...
National or international item
21 April 1868
A Married Women's Property Bill prepared by the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science
was sponsored by George Shaw Lefevre
and John Stuart Mill
; it stalled because the vote in the House
By mid-October 1869: The forerunner of the National Association...
National or international item
By mid-October 1869
The forerunner of the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts
was founded in response to extensionist leanings at the Social Science Association
Congress at Bristol.
Walkowitz, Judith R. Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State. Cambridge University Press, 1980.
91-2
17 November 1871: The National Union for the Education of Girls...
National or international item
17 November 1871
The National Union for the Education of Girls of all Classes above the Elementary
was founded by Maria Grey
, with her sister Emily Shirreff
and others.
Kamm, Josephine. Indicative Past: A Hundred Years of The Girls’ Public Day School Trust. Allen and Unwin, 1971.
40-6, 49
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
11, 80
Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979.
174-9
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