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 et al., 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 | 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, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements. Smith, Janet. “Helen Taylor’s Anti-imperial Feminism: Ireland and the Land League question”. Women’s History, Vol. 2 , No. 4, 1 Mar.–31 May 2016, pp. 19-24. 23 |
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 | 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 et al., 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 et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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 et al., 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 et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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 |
politics | Henrietta Müller | In 1878, she took her first official foray into politics when she stood for election to the London School Board
in the Lambeth division. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
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, qtd. in Hollis, Patricia. Ladies Elect: Women in English Local Government, 1865-1914. Clarendon, 1987. 112 Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992. 215-16 |
politics | Henrietta Müller | During and after her time with the London School Board
, HM
was also a member of the National Vigilance Association
or NVA and the Personal Rights Association
or PRA, which both campaigned against the... |
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 |
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