Victoria Press

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Anthologization Christina Rossetti
After the appearance of Goblin Market, CR had less difficulty placing her verse in periodicals. The tide had already started to turn in the 1850s, when her work began to appear in journals including...
Dedications Adelaide Procter
AP edited The Victoria Regia: A Volume of Original Contributions in Poetry and Prose, with a preface by Emily Faithfull , published by Faithfull at the Victoria Press , set by women compositors, and...
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
Literary responses Adelaide Procter
In the Athenæum, William Hepworth Dixon , while he praised the book as a graceful aid and service rendered to a very excellent institution and as abundant proof that women at the Press could...
Material Conditions of Writing Emily Faithfull
EF was pressured into withdrawing from the Victoria Press on grounds of a lack of business.
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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Occupation Emily Faithfull
EF published Victoria Magazine, the journal of the Victoria Press .
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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Occupation Emily Faithfull
Financial and other difficulties forced EF to sell part of the Victoria Press to William Wilfred Head .
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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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, 1994.
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By 1860 rumours were apparently circulating about her...
Occupation Emily Faithfull
The Victoria Press changed its focus from printing to publishing.
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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politics Bessie Rayner Parkes
Besides editing the English Woman's Journal, BRP collaborated in 1859 with other group members Emily Faithfull and Adelaide Procter to found the Victoria Press (established on 25 March 1860).
Levine, Philippa. Feminist Lives in Victorian England: Private Roles and Public Commitment. Basil Blackwell, 1990.
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Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research, 2001.
240: 187
She also...
politics Emily Faithfull
The opening for business of the Victoria Press (in Russell Square, London) was a triumph for EF .
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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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...
Publishing Florence Nightingale
It was written in response to the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army in India and provided a shortened, and more accessible, version of FN 's report on the commission's findings.
Bishop, William John, and Sue Goldie. A Bio-Bibliography of Florence Nightingale. Dawsons for the International Council of Nurses, 1962.
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Textual Production Emily Faithfull
EF 's Social Science Congress paper on the Victoria Press appeared in The English Woman's Journal, seven months after the press was launched.
Faithfull, Emily. “Victoria Press”. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group, edited by Candida Ann Lacey, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987, pp. 281-6.
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Textual Production Emily Faithfull
EF 's Social Science Congress paper on Women Compositors announced that the Victoria Press was self-supporting after eighteen months.
Faithfull, Emily. “Women Compositors”. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group, edited by Candida Ann Lacey, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987, pp. 287-91.
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Timeline

1836: A giant water lily, native to the Amazon...

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1836

A giant water lily, native to the Amazon and South America, was discovered in British Guiana ; the next year it was named Victoria Regia (later Victoria Amazonica) in honour of Queen Victoria .
Merrill, Lynn L. The Romance of Victorian Natural History. Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Guyana’s National Flower. http://www.caribcentral.com/guyana/guybird_flower.htm.

7 July 1859: The first meeting of the Society for Promoting...

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7 July 1859

The first meeting of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women was held in London; founding members included Anna Jameson , Emily Faithfull , Jessie Boucherett , Adelaide Procter , Bessie Rayner Parkes , Isa Craig , and Sarah Lewin .
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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25 March 1860: Emily Faithfull established the Victoria...

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25 March 1860

Emily Faithfull established the Victoria Press at 9 Great Coram Street, near Russell Square, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 311, 313

Circa January 1861: The newly formed Scottish National Institute...

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Circa January 1861

The newly formed Scottish National Institute for Promoting the Employment of Women in the Art of Printing announced its plan to establish printing offices in Edinburgh to instruct and employ women in the printing trade...

February 1876: Emma Paterson launched, as editor, the first...

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February 1876

Emma Paterson launched, as editor, the first issue of the Women's Union Journal, a monthly publication of the Women's Protective and Provident League , an organization founded by Paterson in London in July 1874...

26 February 1876: Women and Work, a practical guide to employment...

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26 February 1876

Women and Work, a practical guide to employment for middle-class women, ended publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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June 1880: Victoria Magazine, produced by Emily Faithfull...

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June 1880

Victoria Magazine, produced by Emily Faithfull at the Victoria Press in London, ended publication.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
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Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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