Miles, Susan. Portrait of a Parson. George Allen and Unwin, 1955.
56
Lock Hospital
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Judith Cowper Madan | This son became a lawyer but then, in 1748, underwent a religious conversion when (having come to scoff) he heard John Wesley
preach and was deeply touched. In the 1750s he abandoned the law for... |
| Occupation | Susan Miles | The Robertses were succeeding a clergyman who also had liberal views. He had caused some offence by holding the funeral of Emily Davison
, the suffragist who was killed on the Derby racecourse. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Susan Miles | Religion can hardly be separated here from social issues, particularly those of class and female sexuality. Flora, leaving her sanctuary in the Delmer home, says indignantly that they took her in because they cared about... |
Timeline
31 January 1747: The London Lock Hospital for sexually transmitted...
Building item
31 January 1747
The LondonLock Hospital
for sexually transmitted diseases opened.
Merians, Linda E. “The London Lock Hospital and the Lock Asylum for Women”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 128-45.
129
November 1755: Carolina Williams gave money for the London...
Building item
November 1755
Carolina Williams
gave money for the LondonLock Hospital
(for sexually transmitted diseases) to set up a special ward for married women.
Merians, Linda E. “The London Lock Hospital and the Lock Asylum for Women”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 128-45.
134
5 July 1757: The London Lock Asylum (a home for reformed...
Building item
5 July 1757
The LondonLock Asylum
(a home for reformed prostitutes recently cured of venereal disease) admitted its first inmates.
Merians, Linda E. “The London Lock Hospital and the Lock Asylum for Women”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 128-45.
139, 137, 140-1
28 March 1762: Preaching at the opening of a chapel at the...
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28 March 1762
Preaching at the opening of a chapel at the LondonLock Hospital
(for sexually transmitted disease) the Rev. Martin Madan
pointed the finger at men who knowingly infect children.
Merians, Linda E. “The London Lock Hospital and the Lock Asylum for Women”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 128-45.
134-5
November 1764: Governors of the London Lock Hospital for...
Building item
November 1764
Governors of the LondonLock Hospital
for sexually transmitted disease agreed to fund the prosecution of the rapist of a five-year-old girl admitted to the hospital in June.
Merians, Linda E. “The London Lock Hospital and the Lock Asylum for Women”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 128-45.
135
By November 1780: Martin Madan published Thelyphthora: Or,...
Building item
By November 1780
Martin Madan
published Thelyphthora: Or, a Treatise on Female Ruin, on the topic of prostitution.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
11n11, 40, 99, 208
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
50 (1780): 401ff
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