Social Science Congress

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Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Maria Grey
In October 1871 MG addressed the Social Science Congress at Leeds as part of an effort to promote the development of large schools for girls throughout the country.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
politics Anna Swanwick
AS felt strongly that to make our boasted civilisation bear good fruit,
Bruce, Mary Louisa. Anna Swanwick, A Memoir and Recollections 1813-1899. T. F. Unwin, 1903.
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it was necessary to bring into it the exploited masses, both urban and rural, who lived without either pleasure or self-development.
Bruce, Mary Louisa. Anna Swanwick, A Memoir and Recollections 1813-1899. T. F. Unwin, 1903.
171
politics Bessie Rayner Parkes
She travelled long distances to speak at Social Science Congress es in October 1859, October 1860, and June 1862, putting herself among the first women to speak (as opposed to writing a paper for someone...
Publishing Jessie Boucherett
Her article On the Cause of Distress Prevalent Among Single Women, first read at the Social Science Congress , was printed in February 1864, again in the English Woman's Journal.
Lacey, Candida Ann, editor. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group. Routledge, 1987.
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Textual Production Bessie Rayner Parkes
BRP delivered a paper before the Social Science Congress on the plight of underpaid governesses.
Strachey, Ray. The Cause: A Short History of the Women’s Movement in Great Britain. Virago, 1978.
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