Gender, Religion, and Radicalism in the Long Eighteenth Century: The 'Ingenious Quaker' and Her ConnectionsThrough analysis of the life and writings of eighteenth-century Quaker artist and author Mary Knowles, Judith Jennings uncovers concrete but complex examples of how gender functioned in family, social, and public contexts during the Georgian Age. Knowles's story, including her bold confrontation of Samuel Johnson and public dispute with James Boswell, serves as a lens through which to view larger connections, such as the social transformation of English Quakers, changing concepts of gender and the transmission of radical political ideology during the era of the American and French revolutions. Further, Jennings offers a more nuanced view of the participation of "middling" women in radical politics through an examination of Knowles's theological beliefs, social networks and political opinions at a time when the American and French Revolutions reshaped political ideology. By analyzing Mary Knowles's connections-both male and female-Jennings contributes new understanding about how sociability operated, encompassing women and men of various faiths and ethnic origins. |
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... Birmingham, and London. In the nearly four decades between her birth in 1733 and her great artistic accomplishment in 1771, she lived as a comfortably well-off country Quaker. Yet during this time, she also interacted with people from a ...
... Birmingham, and London. In the nearly four decades between her birth in 1733 and her great artistic accomplishment in 1771, she lived as a comfortably well-off country Quaker. Yet during this time, she also interacted with people from a ...
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... Birmingham or Wigginshill , a nearby village in Warwickshire.1 By 1730 , Moses and Alice Morris had settled in Rugeley . In the years following , they had three surviving children , Joseph , born in 1731 , Mary in 1733 , and Esther in ...
... Birmingham or Wigginshill , a nearby village in Warwickshire.1 By 1730 , Moses and Alice Morris had settled in Rugeley . In the years following , they had three surviving children , Joseph , born in 1731 , Mary in 1733 , and Esther in ...
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... Birmingham. Sampson Lloyd II, a contemporary of her parents, developed the family business as an iron merchant and began what later became a banking dynasty. She referred to members of this wealthy and prominent family as her cousins ...
... Birmingham. Sampson Lloyd II, a contemporary of her parents, developed the family business as an iron merchant and began what later became a banking dynasty. She referred to members of this wealthy and prominent family as her cousins ...
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... Birmingham, Quakers there and elsewhere still suffered from popular distrust, especially in times of war. During the tumultuous seventeenth century, Quaker leaders taught that "the Spirit of Christ which leads us into all truth, will ...
... Birmingham, Quakers there and elsewhere still suffered from popular distrust, especially in times of war. During the tumultuous seventeenth century, Quaker leaders taught that "the Spirit of Christ which leads us into all truth, will ...
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Contents
Matrimony Monarchy and Fame | |
Confronting Samuel Johnson | |
Revolutionary Politics and Literary Skirmishes | |
Defying James Boswell | |
The French Revolution and a New Note | |
Help Me To Pray | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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