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Catherine Booth – of Salvation Army fame but also a temperance reformer
Photo of Catherine Booth in Clacton-on-Sea in 1889, courtesy of The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre. Catherine is best known for her work with her husband, William Booth, in founding The Salvation Army. She was deeply religious and she pioneered … Continue reading
Posted in Basingstoke, Catherine Booth, female temperance reformers, religion, teetotalism, Temperance, Victorian Do-Gooders, Victorian temperance movement, women of the temperance movement, women's history
Tagged alcohol abuse, Catherine Booth, Salvation Army, salvationists, Sketeton armies, Teetotalism, temperance, William Booth
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Lady Henry Somerset and Frances Willard and their relief work during the Armenian crisis of the 1890s
Lady Henry Somerset (standing) and Frances Willard Lady Henry Somerset and Frances Willard, the American temperance leader, had much in common – including a poor taste in hats, it would seem from this old photograph. The 2 women did not … Continue reading
Posted in A Talent for Humanity, Feminism, Lady Henry, Lady Henry Somerset, Recreational pursuits, Reigate Local History, Reigate Priory, religion, Victorian Do-Gooders
Tagged Anna Gordon, Armenian crisis, Frances Willard, J D Rockefeller, Lady Henry Somerset, reigate, reigate priory, Victorian Do-Gooders
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Lady Henry Somerset and St Rita, patron of the impossibles
Figure of St Rita from Lady Henry Somerset’s Duxhurst Cottage Amongst all the religious imagery Lady Henry Somerset had in The Cottage, her home in the Duxhurst village, was a small figure of St Rita – very appropriately the Patron … Continue reading
SPECIAL SERVICE AT DUXHURST, CELEBRATING WORK OF LADY HENRY SOMERSET
People gather for the special Duxhurst service On Sunday 18th June, 2011 local residents and members of Emmanuel Church, Sidlow gathered on the site of the old church of St Mary and the Angels, at Duxhurst, Surrey. The service was … Continue reading
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