Cobbe, Frances Power. Life of Frances Power Cobbe. Houghton, Mifflin, 1894, 2 vols.
2: 635
Victoria Street Society
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Frances Power Cobbe | The first meeting was held towards forming the Society for Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection
, later called the Victoria Street Society
from its offices at 1 Victoria Street (where FPC
had her own... |
| Occupation | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
resigned her position as Secretary of the Victoria Street Society
and scaled back her public activities. |
| Occupation | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
founded and gave significant financial contributions to the British Union for the Total Abolition of Vivisection
in Bristol after the Victoria Street Society
elected to pursue less assertive measures. Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004. 353-4, 358 |
| Occupation | Frances Power Cobbe | A nasty and complicated scandal involving sexual allegations erupted in the Victoria Street Society
in 1882, resulting in the dismissal of secretary Charles Adams
. This in turn led to his humiliating and successful suit... |
| politics | Frances Power Cobbe | A bill for the total prohibition of vivisection, sponsored by James Holt
and supported by FPC
and the Victoria Street Society
, was defeated. Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004. 251 |
| politics | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
continued to involve herself in the anti-vivisection and suffrage movements after her move to Wales. When the Conservative
government came into power in 1886 she pressed for female enfranchisement through party connections. In 1888... |
| politics | Anna Kingsford | AK
's active campaign against vivisection and in support of vegetarianism began as early as 1872, when she published a letter by Frances Power Cobbe
in The Lady's Own Paper. Pert, Alan. Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford. Books and Writers, 2006. 40 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Features | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
's anonymous Science in Excelcis (published by the Victoria Street Society
around 1875) fantasizes about the angel of death vivisecting physiologists at the Last Judgment. Much of her output was directly polemical, such as... |
| Textual Production | Frances Power Cobbe | In early 1883 FPC
briefly edited the Victoria Street Society
's monthly Zoophilist, assisted by Mary Lloyd
. Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004. 293 |
| Textual Production | Frances Power Cobbe | After her breach with the Victoria Street Society
, FPC
started a new periodical, The Abolitionist, as the organ of the British Union for the Total Abolition of Vivisection
; until her death she... |
Timeline
March 1876: The Society for the Protection of Animals...
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March 1876
The Society for the Protection of Animals Liable to Vivisection
(known as the Victoria Street Society) took offices in Victoria Street, after its founding in late 1875.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
88-9, 112
1877: The Victoria Street Society and the International...
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1877
The Victoria Street Society
and the International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection
undertook a placarding campaign in London.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
256
2 May 1881: The first issue of the Victoria Street Society's...
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2 May 1881
The first issue of the Victoria Street Society
's Zoophilist appeared.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
280, 290
1883: The Victoria Street Society and the International...
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1883
The Victoria Street Society
and the International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection
were amalgamated.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
225
1885: The Victoria Street Society, an anti-vivisection...
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1885
The Victoria Street Society
, an anti-vivisection organisation, issued 81,672 books, pamphlets, and leaflets in this year alone.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
255
1890: The Victoria Street Society established the...
National or international item
1890
The Victoria Street Society
established the affiliated Church Anti-Vivisection League
; before this the anti-vivisection movement had condemned, with Frances Power Cobbe
, the inertia of the clergy.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
228
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
225, 228
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