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Former Chailey scholar, Jack Hayward, writes a review:
Grace Kimmins and her Chailey Heritage. By Ros Black. Even with my close association with the Heritage Craft Schools in my formative years at Chailey and a personal knowledge of Grace Kimmins, later Dame, I found this book to … Continue reading
Posted in Bermondsey, book reviews, books by Ros Black, Chailey Heritage, Chailey Heritage Foundation, Chailey Old Scholars, Grace Kimmins, Guild of Play, Guild of the Brave Poor Things, Sisters of the People, West London Mission, Sister of the People, Bermondsey Settlement, Chailey Heritage Foundation, women's history, World war One
Tagged book reviews, Chailey Heritage, First world war, new book, women's history
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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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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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