William Booth

Standard Name: Booth, William

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Josephine Butler
In the early months of 1885, Butler had been introduced to reformed prostitute Rebecca Jarrett by Florence Booth , daughter of the Salvation Army founders Catherine and William Booth . JB then introduced her friend...
politics Christabel Pankhurst
CP advocated militancy in the suffrage movement. February 1908 witnessed her Trojan Horse strategy, in which she smuggled suffragettes into the House of Commons in two furniture vans. She also borrowed organisational strategies from William
Publishing Margaret Harkness
It was reissued as In Darkest London in 1891, following the appearance of In Darkest England, 1890, by Salvation Army founder William Booth .
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Sypher, Eileen. “The Novels of Margaret Harkness”. Turn-of-the-Century Women, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 1984, pp. 12-26.
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Nord, Deborah Epstein. Walking the Victorian Streets: Women, Representation, and the City. Cornell University Press, 1995.
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Timeline

1859: Evangelist and future Mother of the Salvation...

Women writers item

1859

Evangelist and future Mother of the Salvation ArmyCatherine Booth published the pamphlet Female Ministry; or, Woman's Right to Preach the Gospel.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Willett, Perry, and Perry Willett, editors. “Victorian Women Writers Project”. Indiana University.

1864: Evangelists William and Catherine Booth moved...

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1864

Evangelists William and Catherine Booth moved to Mile End Road, London, and founded the East London Revival Society , a precursor to their later Salvation Army .
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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2 July 1865: William Booth led his first evangelical Christian...

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2 July 1865

William Booth led his first evangelical Christian Mission meeting in London's East End.
Alderman, Geoffrey. Modern Britain 1700-1983: A Domestic History. Croom Helm, 1986.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
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1877: Gospel Temperance reached England, brought...

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1877

Gospel Temperance reached England, brought over from the United States to London by William Noble .
Booth, Michael R. Theatre in the Victorian Age. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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1878: Evangelists William and Catherine Booth founded...

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1878

Evangelists William and Catherine Booth founded the Salvation Army ; this was an evolution from their earlier Christian Mission , attempting a more aggressive military-style approach to charity work.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
131

1884: The Salvation Army's Women's Social Services...

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1884

The Salvation Army 's Women's Social Services was created in Whitechapel.
Higginbotham, Ann R. “Respectable Sinners: Salvation Army Rescue Work with Unmarried Mothers, 1884-1914”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 216-33.
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Turner, Ernest Sackville. “Hallelujah Lasses”. London Review of Books, 24 May 2001, pp. 38-9.
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By 1 November 1890: William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army,...

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By 1 November 1890

William Booth , founder of the Salvation Army , published In Darkest England, and the Way Out, a call for active Christianity and social reform.
Norman, Edward R. Church and Society in England, 1770-1970. Clarendon, 1976.
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Higginbotham, Ann R. “Respectable Sinners: Salvation Army Rescue Work with Unmarried Mothers, 1884-1914”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 216-33.
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Begbie, Harold. Life of William Booth. Macmillan, 1920.
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Athenæum. J. Lection.
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1934: Evangeline Cora Booth, daughter of Salvation...

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1934

Evangeline Cora Booth , daughter of Salvation Army founders Catherine and William Booth , was elected Commander of the Salvation Army worldwide.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
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