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.
Anglican Church
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Cultural formation | May Sinclair | |
Cultural formation | Charlotte Maria Tucker | |
Cultural formation | Hélène Barcynska | |
Cultural formation | Lady Charlotte Bury | Charlotte was a member of the Scottish nobility on the side of her father (a duke). She had the example before her of her beautiful mother's dramatic rise into that class (from impoverished Irish gentry... |
Cultural formation | Richmal Crompton | RC
was born into the English middle class. She remained committed to the Conservative Party and the Church of England
throughout her life, though her religious belief must surely have been complicated by her interest... |
Cultural formation | Agnes Giberne | AG
, a fervent Christian believer, seems to have remained in the Church of England
, in which she was brought up, but her many printed pleas for religious ecumenism may have been fuelled by... |
Cultural formation | Sophia Hume | SH
, religiously awakened by a dangerous brush with smallpox, converted from Anglicanism
and joined the Society of Friends
. |
Cultural formation | Anna Margaretta Larpent | AML
was born in the English gentry or professional class, with close connections to Hungarian nobility. In religion she was a pious, serious-minded Anglican
. Vickery, Amanda. The Gentleman’s Daughter: Women’s Lives in Georgian England. Yale University Press. 379 |
Cultural formation | Margaret Minifie | The Minifies had bought Fairwater House (now rebuilt and forming part of Taunton School
) in the early eighteenth century. They belonged to the Church of England
and to the gentry or professional class. Margaret... |
Cultural formation | Margaret Roberts | She grew up as a member of the Church of England
. |
Cultural formation | Julia Stretton | She was born into the English middle class, and became a sincere and earnest Anglican
. She grew up in an industrial, working-class area, in which her family was clearly marked out as superior to... |
Cultural formation | Annie Besant | AB
was confirmed an Anglican
in Paris in the spring of 1862. She was fascinated by Catholicism
, but the writing of the Oxford Movement
convinced her of the similarity between Anglicanism and Catholicism. After... |
Cultural formation | Barbara Cartland | |
Cultural formation | Mary Angela Dickens | She was baptised in the Church of England
but by 1912, MAD
had converted to Catholicism
. Her religious views are reflected in some of her writing. 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. |
Cultural formation | Elizabeth Griffith | EG
came from the professional class, and from the special milieu of the theatre. She regarded herself as Irish, but lived much of her adult life in England and was of Welsh and English extraction... |
Timeline
April 1886: Daybreak, an illustrated magazine of the...
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April 1886
Daybreak, an illustrated magazine of the Church of EnglandZenana Missionary Society
, began monthly publication in London.
1891: The White Cross League, a chastity society...
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1891
The White Cross League
, a chastity society founded in 1883, merged with the Anglican ChurchChurch of England Purity Society
and was henceforth know as the White Cross Society.
1894: The Case for Disestablishment was published...
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1894
The Case for Disestablishment was published by the Liberation Society
.
1896: The Church of England formed the Church Reform...
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1896
The Church of England
formed the Church Reform League
.
1897: The Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican...
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1897
The Order of Deaconesses within the Anglican Church
(an order of ministry lower than that of priests) was finally recognized by the Lambeth Conference
of Anglican bishops.
1903: The Representative Church Council was created...
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1903
The Representative Church Council
was created to advocate for the Church of England
's legislative autonomy from Parliament.
20 April 1904: The Church of Ireland, responding to maltreatment...
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20 April 1904
The Church of Ireland
, responding to maltreatment of the Jewish community of Limerick, complained to the British government of the persecution of Protestants and Jews in Ireland.
January 1912: The Church League for Women's Suffrage began...
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January 1912
The Church League for Women's Suffrage began monthly publication in London.
June 1917: The Friendly Work ceased publication in ...
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June 1917
The Friendly Work ceased publication in London.
June 1917: The Friendly Leaves ended publication in...
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June 1917
The Friendly Leaves ended publication in London.
July 1917: GFS Magazine, devoted to the moral welfare...
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July 1917
GFS Magazine, devoted to the moral welfare of young women, began monthly publication in London from the Girls' Friendly Society
of the Church of England
.
December 1917: The Church League for Women's Suffrage ended...
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December 1917
The Church League for Women's Suffrage ended monthly publication in London.
January 1918: Daybreak, an illustrated monthly magazine...
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January 1918
Daybreak, an illustrated monthly magazine of the Church of EnglandZenana Missionary Society
, ended publication in London.
1918: The National Mission of Repentance and Hope,...
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1918
The National Mission of Repentance and Hope
, an evangelising organisation created by the Church of England
in 1916, published several reports.
1919: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge...
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1919
The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
published The Ministry of Women, a report on women's ministry in the Church of England
over the last seventy years.
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