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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Henrietta Müller | Henrietta's mother, Maria Henrietta Müller
, was of English descent, though she appears to have been born, like her children, in Valparaiso. |
| Friends, Associates | Jessie Boucherett | Partly through her membership of the Kensington Society
(a social and political discussion group of about fifty women inaugurated in 1865), JB
broadened her acquaintance with significant members of the feminist movement, including Frances Power Cobbe |
| Friends, Associates | Emily Davies | At Gateshead, ED
began life-long friendships with Annie Crow
(later Austin) and Jane Crow
(from 1848), and Elizabeth Garrett
(later Anderson), from 1854. No letters from her to Anderson survive, although a number from Anderson... |
| Occupation | Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon | BLSB
helped to found the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
. Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985. 140 |
| Occupation | Jane Hume Clapperton | Her philanthropy included teaching sabbath school, superintending the female branch of a ragged school, volunteering at a sick children's hospital, and working for the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
(SPEW). She later reflected... |
| Occupation | Matilda Hays | As well as co-founding and co-editing the English Woman's Journal with Bessie Rayner Parkes
(between 1857 and 1862), 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. 116, 119-20 Merrill, Lisa. When Romeo Was a Woman. University of Michigan Press, 1999. 185 |
| Other Life Event | Helen Blackburn | In 1905 the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
established a scholarship in HB
's memory. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements. |
| politics | Helen Blackburn | She was a committee member of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
, an organization (founded in 1859) that sought to train women and encourage the provision of job opportunities for them. Other... |
| politics | Anna Swanwick | The husband drew up his will in 1884, leaving the bulk of his fortune for women's education and clearly explaining why. It is women who have hitherto had the worst of life, and I therefore... |
| politics | Jessie Boucherett | In 1859, along with Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
and Adelaide Procter
, JB
launched the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
(SPEW). They held their first meeting on 19 June 1859. Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994. 232n1 Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements. “Obituary: Miss Emilia Jessie Boucherett”. Times, 21 Oct. 1905, p. 8. |
| politics | Adelaide Procter | The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
(for which AP
, with Barbara Leigh Smith
Bodichon and others, had opened an office) met for the first time. Thomas, Leesther. A Poetry of Deliverance with Tractarian Affinities: A Study of Adelaide A. Procter’s Poetry. Florida State University, 1994. 36 |
| 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... |
| politics | Bessie Rayner Parkes | Besides editing the English Woman's Journal, BRP
collaborated in 1859 with other group members Emily Faithfull
and Adelaide Procter
to found the Victoria Press
(established on 25 March 1860). Levine, Philippa. Feminist Lives in Victorian England: Private Roles and Public Commitment. Basil Blackwell, 1990. 9 Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 240. Gale Research, 2001. 240: 187 |
| politics | Emily Davies | ED
quickly became involved with the Langham Place circle
. In 1859 Jane Crow
became the Secretary of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
, and went to live at the Langham Place office. Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927. 52 |
| politics | Emily Davies | ED
established a Northumberland and Durham Branch of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
after her London visit. Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927. 53 Forster, Margaret. Significant Sisters. Secker and Warburg, 1984. 141 |
Timeline
7 July 1859: The first meeting of the Society for Promoting...
Building item
7 July 1859
The first meeting of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women
was held in London; founding members included Anna Jameson
, Emily Faithfull
, Jessie Boucherett
, Adelaide Procter
, Bessie Rayner Parkes
, Isa Craig
, and Sarah Lewin
.
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
42
October 1859: The Society for Promoting the Employment...
National or international item
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
Late 1859: The offices of The English Woman's Journal...
Women writers item
Late 1859
The offices of The English Woman's Journal moved from Cavendish Square to 19 Langham Place, where a ladies' club was also planned.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
140
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
25 March 1860: Emily Faithfull established the Victoria...
Women writers item
25 March 1860
Emily Faithfull
established the Victoria Press
at 9 Great Coram Street, near Russell Square, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 106. Gale Research, 1991.
106: 311, 313
1861: Maria Rye established the Female Middle Class...
National or international item
1861
Maria Rye
established the Female Middle Class Emigration Society
in response to the scarcity of jobs in England for girls and women.
Wagner, Gillian. Children of the Empire. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982.
40
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
Parkes, Bessie Rayner. “A Review of the Last Six Years”. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Group, edited by Candida Ann Lacey, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2001, pp. 215-22.
220
Women’s Library,. “Appendix 1.4 (1FME): Female Middle Class Emigration Society (FMCES)”. The Women’s Library, 1 Mar. 2006.
1
1892: May Abraham, Clara Collet, Eliza Orme, and...
National or international item
1892
May Abraham
, Clara Collet
, Eliza Orme
, and Margaret Irwin
were appointed as Assistant Commissioners to the Royal Commission on Labour.
Levine, Philippa. Victorian Feminism 1850-1900. Hutchinson, 1987.
93
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