Tag Archives: International Women’s Day

SCANDAL, SALVATION AND SUFFRAGE – THE AMAZING WOMEN OF THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

Posted on January 6, 2015 by rosblack

It will be available in all good bookshops soon, but the new book has now been printed. It’s available from http://www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=3087 and will shortly be available through this website at a special early bird rate

Posted in Agnes Weston, alcohol abuse, Band of Hope, books by Ros Black, British Women's Temperance Association, Catherine Booth, Elizabeth Lewis, female temperance reformers, Julia Wightman, Lady Henry Somerset, Rosalind Howard Countess of Carlisle, Sarah Robinson, women of the temperance movement | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

International Women’s Day – I’d nominate Lady Henry Somerset as a forgotten heroine of social reform

Posted on March 8, 2012 by rosblack

As we celebrate the achievements of women around the world, on International Women’s Day, we should not forget the pioneers of women’s rights in Victorian times. We all remember the suffragettes but there were thousands more women who actively campaigned … Continue reading →

Posted in A Talent for Humanity, Feminism, Lady Henry, Lady Henry Somerset, Temperance, Victorian Do-Gooders, World Woman's Christian Temperance Union | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment