Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press.
Langham Place Group
Connections
Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
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Theme or Topic Treated in Text | 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... |
Occupation | Constance Smedley | Since the Langham Place Group
had provided a social space for women in 1860, several organizations had already challenged the flourishing institution of men's clubs. The Lyceum Club
came on the scene at a time... |
politics | Christina Rossetti | CR
, despite her poor health and her disavowal of the role of political poet, was keenly interested in political events and connected herself with contemporary political movements in a range of ways. Her father's... |
Reception | Christina Rossetti | This best-known poem has had myriad editions, often with illustrations, and generated a wide range of interpretation. It resonates powerfully with CR
's Anglicanism
, and more particularly her experience at the St Mary Magdalene Penitentiary |
Author summary | Adelaide Procter | AP
's poetry, which appeared almost exclusively in Household Words and All the Year Round, was among the most popular of the Victorian era. An active mid-Victorian feminist, she was a member of the... |
Textual Features | Adelaide Procter | The speaker of this dramatic lyric (female, as the title makes clear) spends the seven of the eight stanzas of the poem probing her lover's conscience:Before I trust my Fate to thee, Or place... |
politics | Bessie Rayner Parkes | BRP
was left in primary charge of the journal in 1859, when Barbara Leigh Smith
(who had married three months after Parkes became editor) began to live outside England for half of the year. |
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 |
Textual Features | Anna Brownell Jameson | ABJ
's views on women and work were taken up with enthusiasm by Bessie Rayner Parkes
, Barbara Leigh Smith
, and other Langham Place Group
members who combined their efforts to found the English... |
Leisure and Society | Jean Ingelow | JI
became a member of the Portfolio Society
, to which Adelaide Procter
, Emily Faithfull
, and several other members of the Langham Place Group
also belonged. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 35 Armstrong, Isobel et al., editors. Nineteenth-Century Women Poets. Clarendon Press. 401 |
Friends, Associates | Matilda Hays | Working on the English Woman's Journal strengthened MH
's connection to members of the Langham Place Group
. The tie that she formed with with Theodosia, Lady Monson
, lasted into her obscure later years... |
Occupation | Matilda Hays | By 1861 MH
was a partner in the Victoria Press
. Her involvement, however, was short-lived, and she never invested any funds in the press. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany. 52, 238n10 |
Textual Features | Elizabeth Gaskell | North and South reflects the debate over middle-class female employment which had been powerfully voiced by Anna Jameson
, to whom EG
confessed herself greatly indebted in a letter of 1855. Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Letters of Mrs Gaskell. Editors Chapple, J. A. V. and Arthur Pollard, Harvard University Press. 338 |
Friends, Associates | Emily Faithfull | As a member of the Langham Place GroupEF
counted most of the women activists of the day among her friends. Her far-flung circle of associates included Adelaide Procter
and Frances Power Cobbe
. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany. 183, 16 |
Friends, Associates | Emily Faithfull | EF
suffered in various ways as a result of the trial. The sense that she had prevaricated, at the very least, alienated many of her associates on The English Woman's Journal, including Emily Davies |
Timeline
February 1856: The Waverley Journal: For the Cultivation...
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February 1856
The Waverley Journal: For the Cultivation of the Honourable, the Progressive and the Beautiful, began fortnightly publication, advertising itself as Edited and published by Ladies.
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press.
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15 April 1858: The Waverley: A Journal of Literature, Science...
Writing climate item
15 April 1858
The Waverley: A Journal of Literature, Science and General Information, formerly The Waverley Journal, ceased publication in London and Glasgow.
Late 1859: The offices of The English Woman's Journal...
Women writers item
Late 1859
The offices of The English Woman's Journal moved from Cavendish Square to 19 Langham Place, where a ladies' club was also planned.
1860: The Langham Place Group established a club...
Building item
1860
The Langham Place Group
established a club for women, a Ladies' Institute
that gave subscribers access to a Reading Room, a Luncheon Room, and a place to deposit parcels from shopping.
1861: Maria Rye established the Female Middle Class...
National or international item
1861
Maria Rye
established the Female Middle Class Emigration Society
in response to the scarcity of jobs in England for girls and women.
September 1864: Susanna Meredith edited the first issue of...
Writing climate item
September 1864
Susanna Meredith
edited the first issue of The Alexandra Magazine and English Woman's Journal, a feminist monthly published in London.
Autumn 1864: The Female Medical College was opened in...
Building item
Autumn 1864
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