MT
's sister Martha
died of cholera in Koekelberg.
Taylor, Mary. Mary Taylor, Friend of Charlotte Brontë: Letters from New Zealand and Elsewhere. Editor Stevens, Joan, Auckland University Press; Oxford University Press, 1972.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Taylor
MT
had five siblings: her sister Martha
and brothers Joshua
, John
, Joseph
and William Waring
, with the latter of whom she emigrated to New Zealand.
Taylor, Mary. Mary Taylor, Friend of Charlotte Brontë: Letters from New Zealand and Elsewhere. Editor Stevens, Joan, Auckland University Press; Oxford University Press, 1972.
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Friends, Associates
Mary Taylor
MT
became close friends with Charlotte Brontë, and always remained loyal to her, despite their disagreements.
Murray, Janet Horowitz, and Mary Taylor. “Introduction”. Miss Miles; or, A Tale of Yorkshire Life 60 Years Ago, Oxford University Press, 1990, p. vii - xxiv.
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Mary and her sister Martha
stayed at Haworth several times between 1838 and 1840. A letter from Charlotte...
Health
Mary Taylor
Suffering from a disordered stomach,MT
travelled with her sister Martha
to Wales for a three-week holiday.
qtd. in
Taylor, Mary. Mary Taylor, Friend of Charlotte Brontë: Letters from New Zealand and Elsewhere. Editor Stevens, Joan, Auckland University Press; Oxford University Press, 1972.
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Travel
Mary Taylor
MT
travelled on the Continent with her sister Martha
and brother John
.
Taylor, Mary. Mary Taylor, Friend of Charlotte Brontë: Letters from New Zealand and Elsewhere. Editor Stevens, Joan, Auckland University Press; Oxford University Press, 1972.
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Timeline
1668: Martha Taylor attracted attention for fasting:...
Building item
1668
Martha Taylor
attracted attention for fasting: the first published account, largely in her own words, presented her abstinence as holy; an account for the Royal Society
attacked both this text and Taylor herself.
Hollis, Karen. “Fasting Women: Bodily Claims and Narrative Crises in Eighteenth-Century Science”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.