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Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Ann Kelty | |
Cultural formation | May Kendall | Later in life she involved herself with the Quakers or Society of Friends
. Diana Maltz
notes that although she was not a Quaker herself, she was closely allied with their institutional activities and contributed... |
politics | May Kendall | During the second half of her life, from 1898, MK
gave up writing fiction to focus on social reform, a shift that culminated in the appearance of How the Labourer Lives in 1913. Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research. 123 |
Publishing | May Kendall | In the twentieth century, MK
re-focused her talents on non-fiction [and] sociological investigations with members of the Rowntree family. She first worked with John Wilhelm Rowntree
on a series of powerful essays in his York... |
politics | Hannah Kilham | During her interval of time in England in 1828-30, HK
spoke to meetings of Friends
about her anti-slavery concerns. Disregarding difference of faith, she quoted Hannah More
in these talks. Kilham, Hannah. Memoir of the late Hannah Killam. Editor Biller, Sarah, Harvey and Darton. 336-7 |
Cultural formation | Hannah Kilham | |
politics | Hannah Kilham | |
politics | Hannah Kilham | |
Cultural formation | Hannah Kilham | She was brought up as an Anglican
, but converted first to Wesleyan Methodism
(in which her mother had shown some interest) and later to Quakerism
. |
politics | Hannah Kilham | During this same winter she was urging fellow-Quakers
to strike an informal committee that could publicise her concerns about Africa: the result was a Committee for African Instruction
. Dickson, Mora. The Powerful Bond: Hannah Kilham 1774-1832. Dobson. 111 |
Travel | Mary Leadbeater | |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Leadbeater | Mary Shackleton
married William Leadbeater
, who had become a farmer when his joining the Quakers
closed to him the career he had intended to pursue. Leadbeater, Mary, and Mary Cunningham. The Annals of Ballitore, 1766-1824. Editor McKenna, John, Stephen Scroop. 51 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Textual Production | Mary Leadbeater | ML
continued her life-writing project with Biographical Notices of Members of the Society of Friends
, who were Resident in Ireland. OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
Author summary | Mary Leadbeater | |
Cultural formation | Mary Leadbeater |
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