In January 1857, IC
, with Bessie Rayner Parkes, officially joined the staff of Eleanor Duckworth
's Waverley Journal.
Rendall, Jane. “A Moral Engine? Feminism, Liberalism and the English Womans JournalEqual or Different: Womens Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 112-38.
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Parkes, Bessie Rayner. “A Review of the Last Six Years”. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group, edited by Candida Ann Lacey, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986, pp. 215-22.
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Publishing
Isa Craig
As well as contributing verse to periodicals and newspapers, IC
also wrote journalistic essays and reports. As early as October 1856 she began contributing to the Waverley Journal, an obscure (but stamped) fortnightly ladies'...
Timeline
February 1856: The Waverley Journal: For the Cultivation...
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February 1856
The Waverley Journal: For the Cultivation of the Honourable, the Progressive and the Beautiful, began fortnightly publication, advertising itself as Edited and published by Ladies.
Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
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Harrison, Royden et al. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check List. Harvester Press, 1977.
Rendall, Jane. “A Moral Engine? Feminism, Liberalism and the English Womans JournalEqual or Different: Womens Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 112-38.
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21 April 1857: The first issue of The Englishwoman's Review...
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21 April 1857
The first issue of The Englishwoman's Review and Drawing Room Journal of Social Progress, Literature and Art was edited by Eleanor Duckworth
in London.