Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Mary Neal
Standard Name: Neal, Mary
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Constance Lytton | Mary Neal
, a leader in the folk-dance revival and joint founder with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
of the Esperance Club
for working girls, invited CL
to holiday with herself and some of the girls in autumn... |
| Occupation | Mary Augusta Ward | While it provided adult education and recreational programmes for the working classes, its greatest achievements involved helping children, especially those of the poor. A children's playroom had been started at Marchmont Hall
in 1894 by... |
| Occupation | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Emmeline Pethick (later EPL
) left the Working Girls' Club
of the West London Mission
with her colleague Mary Neal
to establish their own settlement: the Espérance Working Girls' Club (or the Espérance Social Guild)
. Brittain, Vera. Pethick-Lawrence: A Portrait. George Allen and Unwin, 1963. 27-8 Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. “Working Girls’ Clubs”. University and Social Settlements, edited by Will Reason, Methuen, 1898. |
| Occupation | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Emmeline Pethick (later EPL
) and Mary Neal
turned their settlement for working girls into a co-operative dressmaking business, which they called the Maison Espérance
. This settlement was based in Wigmore Street. Brittain, Vera. Pethick-Lawrence: A Portrait. George Allen and Unwin, 1963. 27-8 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion, 1976. 118 |
| Occupation | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Hugh Price Hughes
, his wife Katherine Price Hughes
, and Mark Guy Pearse
had founded the Mission and the Club in 1887. The Club (or Sisterhood) provided practical and social support for working-class and... |
| politics | Constance Lytton | In searching for a worthy cause to which to give her money, CL
was activated by a feeling that modern improvements like free compulsory education and elected local government bodies had urban roots and were... |
| Residence | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Emmeline Pethick and Mary Neal
took a flat in Somerset Terrace, near Euston Road. This flat became the first home of their working girls' settlement. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion, 1976. 113 Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. “Working Girls’ Clubs”. University and Social Settlements, edited by Will Reason, Methuen, 1898. |
| Textual Features | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
's essay, which details the evolution of her working girls' settlement, Maison Espérance
(first opened in 1897), begins by defining and describing the working girl. The working girl, it says, is brutally honest, loyal... |
| Textual Production | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | At first the journal appeared monthly for threepence an issue, but within six months it began appearing weekly for a penny an issue. Its circulation reached 30,000 by 1909, and much of its profits came... |
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