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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Helen Taylor and her fight for the people
    sub title: education reformer, feminist and pioneer of the labour movement
  name:
    name part: Smith, Janet
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: viii, 204 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Despite being hailed as 'the foremost woman of her time' in the 1880s, Helen Taylor's legacy has largely been overshadowed, often reduced to her role as John Stuart Mill's stepdaughter and a divisive figure within the Victorian women's suffrage movement. However, this biography seeks to rediscover the complex woman behind the often-deserved label of 'difficult to work with,' exploring the politics and convictions that made her both admired and reviled. As the daughter of philosopher Harriet Taylor and stepdaughter of Mill, Helen emerged from their shadows to become a powerful public figure, fighting for women’s rights, education reform, land nationalization, socialism and Irish Home Rule. In 1885, she became the first woman to run as a parliamentary candidate, representing Camberwell Radical Club. However, by the late 1880s, poor health forced her withdrawal from public life and her contributions faded into obscurity. Helen’s vital role in shaping progressive movements was lamented even in her time, with reformers like Frances Soutter lamenting her erasure from history. Helen Taylor and her Fight for the People reclaims Helen's rightful place as a pioneering force in the fight for democracy and gender equality in the Victorian era.
  table of contents: Part 1: An apprenticeship for a campaigning life -- Part 2: 'The foremost woman of her time': a very public life -- Part 3: The twilight years, 1886-1907.
  note: Janet Smith.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-uk---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Taylor, Helen
      name part: 1831-1907
  subject:
    topic: Women social reformers
    geographic: Great Britain
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Social reformers
    geographic: Great Britain
    genre: Biography
  classification: HQ1595.T38 S65 2025
  classification: 303.484092
  identifier: 1036125718
  identifier: 9781036125714
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 250119
    record change date: 20260220162408.1
    record identifier: in00005678374