Thomas, Leesther. A Poetry of Deliverance with Tractarian Affinities: A Study of Adelaide A. Procter’s Poetry. Florida State University, 1994.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | 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... |
| politics | Helen Blackburn | She was a committee member of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
, an organization (founded in 1859) that sought to train women and encourage the provision of job opportunities for them. Other... |
| 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... |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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, 1998. 27 |
| Textual Features | Emily Faithfull | EF
supported the suffrage cause by lecturing on women's suffrage and by reporting on the activities of the National Society for Women's Suffrage
in her periodicals. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994. 152, 157 |
| 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... |
| 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, 1985. 75 |
| Textual Production | Emily Davies | Under ED
's editorship, the periodical combined literary contributions (such as poetry by Christina Rossetti
and fiction by Thomas Adolphus Trollope
) with book reviews, reports of bodies such as the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women |
| 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
. Faithfull, Emily. “Preface”. The Victoria Regia, edited by Adelaide Procter, Emily Faithfull, 1861, p. v - viii. v-vii |
| 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 |
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