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Theresa Yelverton (née Maria Theresa Longworth; c. 1827–33 – 13 September 1881) was an English writer who became notorious because of her involvement in the Yelverton case, a 19th-century Irish law case, which eventually resulted in a change to the law on mixed religion marriages in Ireland.
Caroline Ashurst Biggs (23 August 1840–4 September 1889) was an advocate for women’s rights and a third generation member of the Ashurst family of radical activists. . Born in Leicester on 23 August 1840, she was the second child of Matilda Ashurst Biggs and Joseph Biggs
Women's rights groups fought for equality and over time made strides in attaining rights and privileges; however, many Victorian women endured their husband's control and even cruelty, including sexual violence, verbal abuse, and economic or sexual deprivation, [9] with no way out.
Hannah Cullwick (26 May 1833 – 9 July 1909) was a working-class English woman whose diary depicts her immense pride in her work and reveals themes of domestic and racial fetishism that structured both her life and the society of the empire in which she lived.
Adelaide Anne Procter (30 October 1825 – 2 February 1864) was an English poet and philanthropist.. Her literary career began when she was a teenager, her poems appearing in Charles Dickens's periodicals Household Words and All the Year Round, and later in feminist journals.
The press, named after Queen Victoria, was created as a way to allow more women into the printing field. [2] In 1867 management of the press was given by Faithfull to William Wilfred Head, a partner in the press. [3] Head continued to print pieces advocating for the employment of women until 1882, even after buying Faithfull out in 1869. [4]
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Maria Francesca Rossetti (17 February 1827 – 24 November 1876) was an English author and nun. She was the sister of artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Michael Rossetti , and of Christina Georgina Rossetti , who dedicated her 1862 poem Goblin Market to Maria.