Women Readers Find Advice and History in Period Pieces
A collage of poems and essays discusses women's education and achievement, noting Elizabeth Dawes as a London doctor of literature, profiles on notable women in science and arts, and a celebratory take on female empowerment within Victorian society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth Dawes
J. 8. Dawes
Surblitton
Association of
Girton College
Lady Stanley
Girton
London University
Russia
Academy of Releave
Samuel Crawbaugh
Cleveland
Ohio
Norway
Women of France Heroines and Martyrs in History
A sweeping discussion of French women through the ages, noting Jeanne d Arc era influence and the roles of Catherine de Medici and the Bourbon court. The piece traces social and political power, oppression by monarchs and clergy, and the roots of revolutionary sentiment leading to 1789, alongside a long letter from Wales about Welsh church amendments and ecclesiastical governance in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ao Dewk
Mme. Rolani
Staliness Ife
Nice Charlotte Corday
Theroigne de
Sanson
Nberty
France
Jeanne d'Arc
Catherine de Medici
Louis XIV
Louis XV
Tibericus
Commodus
Berty
Wales
Vancouver Island
North Pacific
W. Evans
Monwyeon
Llnndudne
United States
Welsh Association
Calvinistic Methodists
Congregationalists
Evans
Scranton
Tomlingon
Viscount Wolmer
Kenyon
Richard Webster
Mr. Tomlingon
Principality
Supreme Court
Tomlinson
Church of England
House of Convocation of
Canterbury
Queen Anne
Jasper More
Montgomeryshire
Hereford
Flint
Hundred of
Maelor
Pyncombe
Marshall
Sir Richard
Westminster Abbey tour and Primrose Day notes
A London correspondent describes a Westminster Abbey visit guided by a verger, detailing chapels, tombs, and memorials of kings, queens, and dignitaries. He recalls the Jerusalem chamber, the poetry corner, and the Abbey’s historic role, then shifts to Primrose Day lore and chimney sweep reforms under Lord Shaftesbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
Sebert
St. Peter's
St. Peter, Westminster
Edward the Confessor
Westminster
Harold
William the Conqueror
Britannia
Henry TP
Edwards
T and II
Jerusalem
Henry VII
Mr. Verger
Leland
Abbey
Gront
St. Benedict's
St. Edmund's
Lord Lytton
St. Nicholas
England
Petering
Knights of the Vath
Garter
Westminster Abbey
Henry Vil
Europe
Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Charles VI
William
Mary
George II
Mary Queen of Scots
Oliver Cromwell
Tyburn Gallows
Charles I
St. Erasmus
St. John's Chapel
St. John the Baptist’s
Sarah Siddons
Macbeth
John Kemble
Cato
Chaucer
Spencer
Shakespeare
Thackeray
Dickens
Jenny Lind
Redeemer
Lord Beaconsfield
Westminister
Primrose League
Lord Shaftesbury
Sadie
Kalsor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vassar College
Tia
Louisville Courier Journal
Pall Mall Gazette
Gettysburg
Waterloo
Ethelinda
Busle M
Birmingham
King
Adelaide
Miss Norris
Ahkout
Mre. Gilder
The
Century Magazine
Kate Field
Worth
Frances Klock
Colorado
Denver
W. B. Brown
Washington, D. C
State Council of
King's Daughters
Princees Strozz
Bologna
Strozai
San Francisco
Hell
Mise Bird
Japan
Great Britain
Herbert Lewis
M. P
Ruskin
Medea
Circe
Helen
Rebekah
Sheba
Butte
Theo
Angeles-Kiteen
Hoston Transcript
Providence
Bronse
Nack Hopkins
Rhode Island
Alances
Hopkins
Admiral Hopkins
the Women OF
Random Notes of Life In
Iss Kaiser
Easter Isles
Tam
Tyburn
Connaught Place
Edgware Road
Hyde Park
Park Lane
Tyburn Lane
Scone
Jacob
Edward I
Scotland
House of Commons
Parliament
Westminster Assembly of Divines
God Save the Queen
Sullivan
Queen's Hall
Helen Furst
Elsie
Marian Mackenzie
Ursula
Edward Lloyd
Prince Henry
Andrew Black
Lucifer
Siumiars
Hidu
Hia
Druggista Radway & CO
New York
Radway’s
Malon
Mall Pripald
Weiston
Ron
1. C. Banderson
Washington
COH
Spruce, Druguists
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