Name/TitleWomen of Worth
MakerChappell, Jennie
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback book with blue covers titled 'Women of Worth: Sketches of "Carmen Sylva", Isabella Bird Bishop, Frances Power Cobbe, and Mrs Bramwell Booth' by Jennie Chappell. With portraits and illustrations.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 193 x W: 135 x D: 30 mm
Date Madec.1900s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesS.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd, 8 & 9 Paternoster Row, London
PublisherS.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd
Publication Datec.1900s
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Wied:
Elisabeth of Wied (Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise; 29 December 1843 – 2 March 1916) was the first Queen of Romania as the wife of King Carol I from 15 March 1881 to 27 September 1914. She had been the princess consort of Romania since her marriage to then-Prince Carol on 15 November 1869. Elisabeth was born into a German noble family. She was briefly considered as a potential bride for the future British king Edward VII, but Edward rejected her. Elisabeth married Prince Carol of Romania in 1869. Their only child, Princess Maria, died aged three in 1874, and Elisabeth never fully recovered from the loss of her daughter. When Romania became a kingdom in 1881, Elisabeth became queen, and she was crowned together with Carol that same year. Elisabeth was a prolific writer under the name Carmen Sylva [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Bird:
Isabella Lucy Bishop FRGS (née Bird; 15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904) was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. Alongside fellow Englishwoman Fanny Jane Butler, she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar in modern-day Kashmir. She was also the first woman to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Power_Cobbe:
Frances Power Cobbe (4 December 1822 – 5 April 1904) was an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, religious thinker, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading women's suffrage campaigner. She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) in 1875 and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) in 1898, and was a member of the executive council of the London National Society for Women's Suffrage [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Booth:
Florence Eleanor Booth (née Soper; 12 September 1861 – 10 June 1957) was the wife of Bramwell Booth, Second General of The Salvation Army. ... In 1884 Florence inaugurated The Women's Social Work which was run from a small house in Hanbury Street, in Whitechapel, London. She was young, delicate, refined; her remarkable powers of grasp and administration had not been developed at this time; she was typical of the well-educated, rather shrinking and self-conscious girl of the English professional classes — perhaps the last person in the world to whom any one would have thought of committing so hazardous and dreadful a business as this rescuing of fallen women. But she was moved by her husband's appeal, and, in spite of some doubt on William Booth's part, was appointed to take charge of the Salvation Army's first Rescue Home. She continued to lead this pioneering aspect of The Salvation Army's work for the next 28 years, until Bramwell became General. One of the tangible ways The Salvation Army helped these destitute women was by opening homes for women in the hopes they would not have to turn to prostitution and providing a safe haven for those who were already suffering from the trade. Many of the residents were young, expectant mothers. Realizing the need for additional care for pregnant women, The Salvation Army opened rescue homes across the globe [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordsmonarchy, royalty
Subject and Association Keywordsmedicine & medical treatment
Subject and Association Keywordssocial reform
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association Keywordsreligion & spirituality
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-89-4
Spine LabelWOMEN OF WORTH ~ PARTRIDGE
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved