Caine, Barbara. Victorian Feminists. Oxford University Press, 1992.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Lydia Becker | Although LB
never married, she served as treasurer of the Married Women's Property Committee
. She was treasurer, too, of the Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights
. |
| politics | Jessie Boucherett | By around 1875, JB
became active with the Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights
(later renamed the Personal Rights Association), which had been founded in March 1871 to press for women's rights in... |
| politics | Josephine Butler | In an effort to survey legislation that threatened to impinge on personal freedoms, JB
, Jacob Bright
, Charles McLaren
, and others founded the Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights
. |
| politics | Mona Caird | MC
stepped into the public eye in the 1880s as a radical member of the women's movement, a supporter of all kinds of linked causes. An article in the Review of Reviews in 1893 equated... |
| politics | Henrietta Müller | During and after her time with the London School Board
, HM
was also a member of the National Vigilance Association
or NVA and the Personal Rights Association
or PRA, which both campaigned against the... |
| Textual Production | Josephine Butler | It is listed by the British Library
catalogue in JB
's name only, but she had help from the other women. Earlier in the year she had given an address on women's rights and protective... |
| Textual Production | Mona Caird | MC
delivered the presidential address at the forty-first annual meeting of the Personal Rights Association
. The association printed her text the same year. Heilmann, Ann. New Woman Strategies: Sarah Grand, Olive Schreiner, Mona Caird. Manchester University Press, 2004. 271n89, 164 Forward, Stephanie. “A Study in Yellow: Mona Caird’s ’The Yellow Drawing-Room’”. Women’s Writing, No. 2, pp. 295 -07. 298 |
Timeline
From March 1871
The Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights, especially in relation to Women
, founded this month, advocated equality of legal treatment for citizens regardless of sex or class.
January 1881
The Personal Rights Journal began monthly publication in England.
1882
The Liberty and Property Defence League
was founded.
13 May 1886
The National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts
held its last meeting. It considered its work completed following the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.