William Thomas Stead

Standard Name: Stead, William Thomas
Used Form: W. T. Stead

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Literary responses Victoria Cross
Reviews continued to attack Cross's supposed immorality, even as some acknowledged the force of her writing. The New York Times postulated from Life's Shop Window that Victoria Cross, presumably, is a woman, and perhaps...
Literary responses Victoria Cross
The Athenæum argued that Anna Lombard was an inartistic book, weakened by VC 's choice of a male narrator: however much or little she may understand women, [Cross] has very little conception of a good...
politics Frances Power Cobbe
She remained active in a range of political causes until her death. W. T. Stead in 1894 billed her as the oldest New Woman now living on this planet.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press.
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politics Josephine Butler
JB was closely involved with The Maiden Tribute, W. T. Stead 's exposé of child abduction and forced prostitution in London, which began to appear in the Pall Mall Gazette in July.
Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York University Press.
Kelly, Gary, and Edd Applegate, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 190. Gale Research.
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Textual Production Josephine Butler
JB published her portrait Rebecca Jarrett, about the reformed prostitute who had helped W. T. Stead expose sexual traffic in children.
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.
Literary responses Josephine Butler
Initial sales of the work were not strong. W. T. Stead endeavoured to help by promoting the work as the Book of the Month in his Review of Reviews for October 1896.
Jordan, Jane. Josephine Butler. John Murray.
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Literary responses Emma Frances Brooke
W. T. Stead 's rapid and strong disaproval of the novel on grounds of immorality in the Pall Mall Gazette spelled instant notoriety. Despite EFB 's moral purpose, Stead declared: its whole significance lies in...
Occupation Mary Frances Billington
MFB was earning enough from her career in journalism to be able to support herself by her late teens. She established herself as a successful writer and editor for national dailies and a career journalist...
Family and Intimate relationships Annie Besant
William Stead , a political ally of AB , arranged for her to meet Madame Blavatsky .
Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press.
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Family and Intimate relationships Annie Besant
She later declared her love for William Stead , which he did not return.
Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press.
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Friends, Associates Annie Besant
AM continued participation in the Law and Liberty League , which she had helped William Stead (for whom she entertained an unreciprocated love) to found the previous autumn.
Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press.
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Publishing Annie Besant
AB and William Stead founded The Link magazine, which first appeared on 4 February 1888; each weekly issue sold for a halfpenny. The front page quoted Victor Hugo : I will speak for the dumb...
Occupation Matthew Arnold
Arnold was particularly critical of W. T. Stead , whom he referred to as the inventor of new journalism.
Sweet, Matthew. Inventing the Victorians. St Martin’s Press.
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