Wickham, Anna. “Introduction”. Selected Poems, edited by David Garnett, Chatto and Windus, 1971, pp. 7 - 11.
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Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Cultural formation | Anna Wickham | Anna Wickham was English, but spent most of her formative years in Australia. Wickham, Anna. “Introduction”. Selected Poems, edited by David Garnett, Chatto and Windus, 1971, pp. 7 - 11. 8 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Wickham | AW
's mother, Alice (Whelan) Harper
, was an eccentric, flamboyant woman of many talents. Blain, Virginia, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy, editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
Material Conditions of Writing | Henrietta Müller | In an interview printed in The Woman's Herald, Henrietta Müller
recalled that she began speaking a great deal on all sorts of subjects in public at the time of her election to the London School Board |
Occupation | Edith J. Simcox | As a radicalist member of the London School Board
, EJS
fought for the provision of high-quality, compulsory, secular education to all children. Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993. McKenzie, Keith Alexander, and Gordon S. Haight. Edith Simcox and George Eliot. Oxford University Press, 1961. 31 |
Occupation | Helen Taylor | HT
represented the Southwark Radical Association
as a member of the London School Board
. The Irish vote was crucial to her election. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908. Smith, Janet. “Helen Taylor’s Anti-imperial Feminism: Ireland and the Land League question”. Women’s History, No. 4, pp. 19 -24. 23 |
Occupation | Henrietta Müller | HM
's activities as a member of the London School Board
, as member and office-holder of the National Society for Women's Suffrage
and other organizations, and as a campaigner for better treatment for prostitutes... |
politics | Augusta Webster | AW
served as the elected representative of Chelsea on the London School Board
. Blain, Virginia, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy, editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research, 2001. 240: 340 |
politics | Augusta Webster | AW
served a second term for Chelsea on the London School Board
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
politics | Annie Besant | AB
was elected to the London School Board
(for the poor district of Tower Hamlets) after a campaign for public education. [T]he Common School system is the foundation of true democracy, Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987. 112 Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 215-16 |
politics | Annie Besant | The London School Board implemented a fair wages clause for the award of contracts, as a result of pressure from Labour
members led by Annie Besant
. Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987. 113 |
politics | Augusta Webster | Her democratic beliefs gave her a strong concern for the poor. She worked on the School Board
to popularize education and advocated technical instruction in elementary schools. She also supported women's education. Blain, Virginia, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy, editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. |
politics | Emily Davies | ED
was elected to the London School Board
as a member for Greenwich. Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927. 120 |
politics | Emily Faithfull | EF
reluctantly declined to stand for the London School Board
, following the resignation of T. H. Huxley
, because of her commitments to other activities. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994. 284 |
politics | Maria Grey | MG
stood for election to the London School Board
as representative for Chelsea, but failed to be elected. Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979. 97 |
politics | Henrietta Müller | HM
was elected to the London School Board
in a landslide, topping the poll with 19,000 votes. She was the third woman on the board; this was the month after Emily Davies
and Elizabeth Garrett |