Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
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Sarah Lewin
Standard Name: Lewin, Sarah
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Jessie Boucherett | Partly through her membership of the Kensington Society
(a social and political discussion group of about fifty women inaugurated in 1865), JB
broadened her acquaintance with significant members of the feminist movement, including Frances Power Cobbe |
| Occupation | Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon | Jessie Boucherett
and Adelaide Procter
served as the honorary secretaries, Sarah Lewin
and Emily Crow
acted as executive secretaries, and BLSB
, Bessie Rayner Parkes, and Emily Faithfull
served on the advisory committee. |
| politics | Emily Faithfull | By 1859 The English Woman's Journal was felt to be no longer adequate on its own for promoting women's work, and Jessie Boucherett
suggested the creation of a society which would deal specifically with this... |
Timeline
7 July 1859: The first meeting of the Society for Promoting...
Building item
7 July 1859
The first meeting of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
was held in London; founding members included Anna Jameson
, Emily Faithfull
, Jessie Boucherett
, Adelaide Procter
, Bessie Rayner Parkes
, Isa Craig
, and Sarah Lewin
.
Late 1859: The offices of The English Woman's Journal...
Women writers item
Late 1859
The offices of The English Woman's Journal moved from Cavendish Square to 19 Langham Place, where a ladies' club was also planned.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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