Anthony Ashley Cooper seventh Earl of Shaftesbury

Standard Name: Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper,,, seventh Earl of
Used Form: Lord Shaftesbury

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Dedications Isa Craig
The volume was dedicated to the memory of the Earl of Shaftesbury . The editor of a later, undated edition, Charles Bullock , noted in his introduction that the story had gained universal commendation and...
Dedications Anna Maria Hall
Boons and Blessings was dedicated to the Earl of Shaftesbury and contained several previously published stories, including The Worn Thimble; a Story of Woman's Duty and Woman's Influence(1853) and The Drunkard's Bible (1854).
Keane, Maureen. Mrs. S.C. Hall: A Literary Biography. Colin Smythe, 1997.
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Dedications Caroline Norton
She wrote this poem without any direct experience of factory conditions, but at a time when she was sensitized to social injustice by learning the extent of her estranged husband's power over her, and to...
Education Florence Nightingale
After returning home from Rome, FN remained dissatisfied with her domestic situation (which, she believed, denied her calling to serve God), and therefore immersed herself in her studies. She read statistics and government documents obtained...
Friends, Associates Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
During her time at Bristol, she met the elderly Hannah More , who encouraged her in her teaching project. Her interest in factory reform later brought her into contact with Lord Shaftesbury .
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/.
Friends, Associates Elizabeth Rigby
In London, she met theCarlyles and John Gibson Lockhart 's daughter Charlotte . She was also introduced to her future husband, Charles Eastlake . She called on Agnes Strickland and Maria Edgeworth . Lord Shaftesbury
Health Elizabeth Rigby
This debilitating condition (which ran in her family) had been troubling her since 1876. She was accompanied abroad by her longtime housekeeper, Mrs Anderson, who died soon after their return. ER remained very ill and...
Occupation Caroline Chisholm
While the Chisholms themselves were responsible for most of the actual details of the FCLS, the society also had a Central Committee in London which included Lord Ashley and Sidney Herbert among other MPs and...
Occupation Frances Power Cobbe
FPC became, with George Hoggan , Honorary Secretary of the new society, which they co-founded. Prominent supporters included the Earl of Shaftesbury , who became the first president, the Archbishop of York , politicians James Stansfeld
politics Emily Faithfull
The central concern of this society was educational and industrial reform; papers presented and discussed at the VDS meetings dealt not only with every aspect of women's work but also with sundry political, social and...
politics Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna
CET presented a petition on behalf of oppressed Russian Jews to Tsar Nicholas I . Signatories included many who shared her domestic reform agenda, including Lord Shaftesbury
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
politics Hesba Stretton
This society later became the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children or NSPCC. The meeting of twenty people included Angela Burdett-Coutts and the Earl of Shaftesbury . HS wrote the report for...
politics Adelaide Procter
Earlier in the year, the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science had appointed AP as member of a committee to consider ways of providing employment opportunities for women. It was an appointment that...

Timeline

February 1809: The Quarterly Review was founded....

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February 1809

The Quarterly Review was founded.
Martin, Philip W. Byron: A Poet Before His Public. Cambridge University Press, 1982.
33
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.

1838: Lord Shaftesbury first brought up for discussion...

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1838

Lord Shaftesbury first brought up for discussion in the House of Lords the protection of young females from vice.
Bristow, Edward. Vice and Vigilance: Purity Movements in Britain Since 1700. Gill and Macmillan, 1977.
61

10 August 1842: Ashley's Mines Act passed, making it illegal...

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10 August 1842

Ashley's Mines Act passed, making it illegal for women, girls, and boys under ten years old to work underground.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
265
Cook, Chris, and John, 1946 - Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1995. 3rd ed., Longman, 1996.
164, 381-2
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2024.
Baron Ashley , later the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, was a champion of...

15 March 1844: Lord Shaftesbury introduced the Ten Hours...

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15 March 1844

Lord Shaftesbury introduced the Ten Hours Bill with a speech noting that in 1839 more than half of the factory operators in the British Empire were female, and almost half of these female workers were...

May 1844: The Society for Improving the Condition of...

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May 1844

The Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes began to work towards housing reform; the society was a revitalized and revamped version of the Labourer's Friend Society of the previous decade.
Brion, Marion, and Anthea Tinker. Women in Housing: Access and Influence. Housing Centre Trust, 1980.
60
Rodgers, Betsy. Georgian Chronicle: Mrs Barbauld and her Family. Methuen, 1958.
45
Owen, David. English Philanthropy, 1660-1960. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964.
375

6 June 1844: A new Factory Act was implemented, limiting...

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6 June 1844

A new Factory Act was implemented, limiting female factory workers of eighteen years and over to the same hours as young persons aged thirteen to seventeen.
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2024.
161-181
Chapman, Annie Beatrice Wallis, and Mary Wallis Chapman. The Status of Women Under the English Law. George Routledge and Sons, 1909.
49

2 September 1852: The Manchester Free Library, the first major...

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2 September 1852

The Manchester Free Library , the first major British public lending library, opened in Manchester.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
70
Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
27
Uglow, Jennifer S. Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories. Faber and Faber, 1993.
303-4

April 1853: Stage performer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield,...

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April 1853

Stage performer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield , an ex-slave from Mississippi and the first Black concert singer to win fame in both the US and Britian, arrived in Liverpool.
Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and its Business. Oxford University Press, 1988.
219

1854: The Pure Literature Society was founded under...

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1854

The Pure Literature Society was founded under Lord Shaftesbury 's leadership with the aim of stemming the increasingly sensational tide in evangelical literature.
Jay, Elisabeth. The Religion of the Heart: Anglican Evangelicalism and the Nineteenth-Century Novel. Clarendon Press, 1979.
200

14 August 1855: The Religious Worship Act was passed, under...

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14 August 1855

The Religious Worship Act was passed, under the direction of Lord Shaftesbury .
Bradley, Ian. The Call to Seriousness: The Evangelical Impact on the Victorians. Jonathan Cape, 1976.
58
The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2024.

Probably October 1858: The Ladies' National Association for the...

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Probably October 1858

The Ladies' National Association for the Diffusion of Sanitary Knowledge was founded through the work of Isa Craig , Elizabeth Garrett , and Lady Stanley of Alderley , and others.
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
48
Smith, Francis Barrymore. The People’s Health, 1830-1910. Croom Helm, 1979.
218
Wohl, Anthony S. Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Harvard University Press, 1983.
36, 69
McCrone, Kathleen E. “The National Association for the Promotion of Social Science and the Advancement of Victorian Women”. Atlantis, Vol.
8
, No. 1, 1982, pp. 44-66.
48
Goldman, Lawrence. Science, Reform, and Politics in Victorian Britain: The Social Science Association 1857-1886. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
121
Williams, Perry. “The Laws of Health: Women, Medicine and Sanitary Reform, 1850-1890”. Science and Sensibility: Gender and Scientific Enquiry, 1780-1945, edited by Marina Benjamin, Basil Blackwell, 1991, pp. 60-88.
60
“Second Annual Report of the Ladies’ National Association for the Diffusion of Sanitary Knowledge”. English Woman’s Journal, Vol.
3
, No. 18, 1859, pp. 380-87.
381

1859: The Association for Sanitary Reform was founded;...

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1859

The Association for Sanitary Reform was founded; Lord Shaftesbury was Chairman.
Brion, Marion, and Anthea Tinker. Women in Housing: Access and Influence. Housing Centre Trust, 1980.
60

October 1859: The Society for Promoting the Employment...

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October 1859

The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women officially joined with the Social Science Association .
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
140, 142

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