商品簡介
Bessie Rayner Parkes was editor of the English Woman's Journal, the premier women's rights publication in Britain, from 1858 to 1864. She also wrote an important pamphlet on reforming girls' education and founded a progressive, coeducational school. Although she was an ardent feminist in her youth, she later converted to Catholicism and removed herself from public life, while still continuing to publish poetry, biographies, memoirs, and children's books. The biography is written by one of Bessie Rayner Parkes's great-granddaughters, who is also a writer and a feminist. The author draws on an uncompleted manuscript by Bessie Rayner Parkes's daughter Marie Belloc Lowndes, plus letters, diaries, and published work by Bessie Rayner Parkes. The book includes b&w photos and illustrations, a genealogical chart, and a chronology. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
