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CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Every day I seem to discover a new heroine – a woman who was prepared to break the mould of subservient womanhood. As my particular interest lies in the mid/late Victorian period, most of my heroines … Continue reading
Posted in books by Ros Black, British Women's Temperance Association, Duxhurst, Duxhurst - Surrey's Lost Village, female temperance reformers, Feminism, Fight for women's suffrage, International Women's Day, Lady Henry, Lady Henry Somerset, Suffragettes, Suffragists, teetotalism, Temperance, Victorian Do-Gooders, Victorian temperance movement, women of the temperance movement, women's history, Women's Right to Vote, Women's Rights, World Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Tagged alcohol abuse, British Women's temperance association, Duxhurst, Lady Henry, Lady Henry Somerset, Teetotalism, temperance
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SCANDAL SALVATION AND SUFFRAGE ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AND LEADS TO NEW TEMPERANCE TALES FROM SUSSEX
Many thanks to all who attended the launch of my new book Scandal Salvation and Suffrage – The Amazing Women of The Temperance Movement in Haywards Heath on 23rd April. To promote the new book in Sussex, I have been … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol abuse, books by Ros Black, Cuckfield, Sussex towns and villages, Temperance, temperance tales from Sussex
Tagged 1897, Cuckfield, Cuckfield Museum, Handcross, Horsham, Mid Sussex Times, Salvation Army, SCANDAL SALVATION AND SUFFRAGE, Skeleton Armies, Steyning, Sussex, temperance
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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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What the Temperance Movement did for us?
I have just done a live interview on Newstalk Radio, Dublin http://www.newstalk.com They had picked up on the press release for Scandal Salvation and Suffrage – The Amazing Women of The Temperance Movement from the publisher http://www.troubador.co.uk The presenter, Tara, … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol abuse, books by Ros Black, British Women's Temperance Association, female temperance reformers, Feminism, government policy on alcohol, Radio programmes, Recreational pursuits, teetotalism, Temperance, Victorian temperance movement, women of the temperance movement, women's history, WWI
Tagged alcohol abuse, British Women's temperance association, BWTA, Dublin, New Talk Radio, Taking the pledge, Teetotalism, temperance, Troubador Publishing
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Sarah Robinson’s ‘Little Keepsake’ book 1904
Thanks to Maria Lawless who contacted me through the site, I am able to bring you a photograph of a miniature book (approximately 6 cms by 5 cms) circulated, on request, by Sarah Robinson to mark her 70th birthday. The … Continue reading
SCANDAL, SALVATION AND SUFFRAGE – THE AMAZING WOMEN OF THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
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 alcohol abuse, British Women's temperance association, BWTA, feminists, International Women's Day, new book, salvationists, suffrage, temperance, women's history
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SARAH ROBINSON “THE SOLDIERS’FRIEND” AND HER SOLDIERS’ INSTITUTE IN PORTSMOUTH
Sarah Robinson was not a woman to hide her light under a bushel! As you can see from this photograph of her Soldiers’ Institute in Portsmouth, which she established in 1874, she proclaimed its use far and wide with huge … Continue reading
SARAH ROBINSON – THE SOLDIERS’ FRIEND
Let me introduce you to Sarah, another great character who is featured in my forthcoming book Scandal, Salvation & Suffrage – the Amazing Women of The Temperance Movement (due out 28th March 2015). Sarah overcame her physical disabilities to set … Continue reading
Elizabeth Lewis – a temperance campaigner who inspired one small step in the battle for sexual equality
Mrs Elizabeth Lewis of Blackburn Her first efforts at public speaking ended in tears, yet Elizabeth Lewis went on to become a dedicated campaigner for temperance. She became so confident that teetotalism offered the best solution to many social ills that … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol abuse, British Women's Temperance Association, Elizabeth Lewis, female temperance reformers, Feminism, sexual equality, teetotalism
Tagged alcohol abuse, Blackburn, British Women's temperance association, Elizabeth Lewis, Joseph Livesey, law of slander, sexual equality, Teetotalism, temperance, women's rights
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Temperance Tales
I am working hard on a new book which will feature the stories of several Victorian women who, in different ways, tacked the issue of alcohol abuse. Lady Henry Somerset has led me to discover other unsung heroines and to … Continue reading
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