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Polly was described as a bright and cheerful girl by neighbours, but years of starvation and beatings had reduced her to a shell of her former self. She at times wandered into neighbours’ homes seeking shelter and food. I don’t know why I can’t get this story out of my head … to be utterly…
One of the most famous mill girls recalls
Despite punishing working conditions, these early factory workers were literate and literary.
Intense and passionate friendships among women in the 19th century were considered normal and healthy. This was, of course, before the spectre of homosexuality changed everything.
Peggy Spalding began a smashing relationship with Ethel Stanton in the summer 1916. Unfortunately, it was too late.
AN ANALYSIS OF SHAKER EDUCATION:THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, 1774-1950 Frank Taylor and Arthur Roberts Paper presented at Annual Meeting of theAmerican Educational Research Association (New York, New York, April 3-8, 1977). The Shakers, an American alternative life style group, have been living in rural communes and practicing celibacy and a…
The Portsmouth Herald23 March 1917, Vol XXXIL, No. 153Pages 1 and 5 Misses Ethel Stanton and MargaretSpalding, Wellsley College Girls, inDouble Suicide—Shoot Themselves inLocal Cafe After Running Away FromSchool.—Stanton Girl Heir to Fortune The strange girl love that made thepangs of separation such that theycould not live together led to the sui-cide of Ethel Stanton,…
The ecstatic girl lover greets her [friend] with a rapturous kiss and a close embrace. Bad manners, my dear girls, bad manners!
W. T. Stead, (The Pall Mall Gazette, July 10, 1885) INTRODUCTION The watchword with which we started, Liberty for Vice, Repression for Crime, is the only safe keynote for the Legislature in dealing with this question. The Criminal Law Amendment Bill, as framed by Sir W. Harcourt, was not so much a bill for raising…
W. T. Stead (The Pall Mall Gazette, July 9, 1885) Some people are denying the accuracy of our Report. That I hope may before long be subjected to the crucial test of a judicial investigation. Pending the arrival of the hour when I shall be able to testify on oath before the judges of the…