The Life of Dora Greenwell by Constance Maynard - 1926 Women's Suffrage

by Constance Maynard

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Dora Greenwell.: A prophet for our own times on the battleground of our faith by Constance L. Maynard Dora greenwell was a Poet and very early proponent of women's education and suffrage. Book is signed with an inscription by Isabel De vere, part of the top English aristocracy. Published in London by H.R.Allenson, 1926. 242 pages Life: Dorothy Greenwell was born 6 December 1821 at the family estate called Greenwell Ford in Lanchester, County Durham, England. She was known as Dora to avoid confusion with her mother. She published her first volume of poems in 1848 through William Pickering, after her family had to leave their home. Her major success came in the 1860s. Many works have Christian religious themes. She is often compared to Christina Rossetti, and dedicated a book to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In addition to poetry, she wrote essays on women's education and suffrage, and attacked the slave trade. Some of her verses were set to music as hymns, such as "I Am Not Skilled to Understand" by William J. Kirkpatrick. She also wrote biographies of French priest Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire and American Quaker John Woolman.

• Publisher: Allenson
• Year: 1926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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