Faithfull, Emily. “Preface”. The Victoria Regia, edited by Adelaide Procter, Emily Faithfull, p. v - viii.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Emily Faithfull | By 1859 The English Woman's Journal was felt to be no longer adequate on its own for promoting women's work, and Jessie Boucherett
suggested the creation of a society which would deal specifically with this... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Emily Faithfull | EF
's preface to the volume again outlines in a matter-of-fact way the aims of the Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women
and the Victoria Press
. |
| Occupation | Matilda Hays | As well as co-founding and co-editing the English Woman's Journal with Bessie Rayner Parkes
(between 1857 and 1862), Rendall, Jane. “’A Moral Engine’? Feminism, Liberalism and the <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘j’>English Woman’s Journal</span>”;. Equal or Different: Women’s Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, pp. 112-38. 116, 119-20 Merrill, Lisa. When Romeo Was a Woman. University of Michigan Press. 185 |
| 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 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Henrietta Müller | Henrietta's mother, Maria Henrietta Müller
, was of English descent, though she appears to have been born, like her children, in Valparaiso. “FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. under Maria Miller (sic) |
| 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 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Emily Jane Pfeiffer | Money from the Pfeiffer trust was also given to Newnham
, Girton
, and Somerville College
s, and many other institutions and agencies promoting women's education, including the Maria Grey Training College
and the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women |
| politics | Adelaide Procter | The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
(for which AP
, with Barbara Leigh Smith
Bodichon and others, had opened an office) met for the first time. Thomas, Leesther. A Poetry of Deliverance with Tractarian Affinities: A Study of Adelaide A. Procter’s Poetry. Florida State University. 36 |
| Publishing | Adelaide Procter | In connection with her work as a member of the newly formed Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
, AP
published Women Watchmakers of Christchurch in the English Woman's Journal. Gregory, Gill. The Life and Work of Adelaide Proctor. Ashgate. 27 |
| 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... |
| politics | Anna Swanwick | The husband drew up his will in 1884, leaving the bulk of his fortune for women's education and clearly explaining why. It is women who have hitherto had the worst of life, and I therefore... |
| 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... |
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