Annual General Meeting 3rd November, 4pm UK time (Zoom)
Because of Covid-19, the 2020 Martineau Society Annual Meeting has been postposed until 2021. As a result the AGM could not take place as usual. So it has been decided…
New book by Martineau Society member: Mrs. Gaskell’s Personal Pantheon by Robert G. Gamble
Mrs. Gaskell’s Personal Pantheon vividly presents previously undiscovered biographical information about Elizabeth Gaskell, the author of Mary Barton, Cranford, The Life of Charlotte Brontë, and Wives and Daughters. It also provides much contextual material about…
New article on Harriet Martineau: contemporary responses to her writings on Ireland
The author Julie Donovan starts her article with this. 'Nowhere is the complexity of Harriet Martineau’s legacy more evident than in her writings on Ireland. Martineau traveled to Ireland in…
POSTPONED: Martineau Society Conference 2020, July, Scarborough, UK
We were due to hold the annual conference in Scarborough in July, but given Covid and the continuing uncertainties around the safety of travel and of staying in hotels in the…
Eastern Washington students share their work on Harriet Martineau and Charlotte Brontë
Hello from Eastern Washington University! Students in our “Major Authors” literature class during Winter Quarter 2020 read works by Charlotte Brontë and Harriet Martineau, and we discussed how these two…
Literary Trails: Haworth and the Brontës (David F. Walford and Catherine Rayner)
Here is a review by Cally Phillips from the latest newsletter of the Alliance of Literary Societies (ALS) - of a publication on literary trails - which may be of…
Harriet Martineau: a new biography
We are proud to publish in segments and for the first time, an extensive biography of Harriet Martineau by Elisabeth Sanders Arbuckle (1928-2019), founding member of the Martineau Society, renowned…
Mistress of All Trades: new article on Harriet Martineau
Here is the latest article on Harriet Martineau by Professor Valerie Sanders, noted Martineau scholar and the Martineau Society's current President. The article is published in the Aeon on-line, journal.…
Programme: Martineau Society Conference 23-26 July 2019
THE MARTINEAU SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE MANCHESTER, 23rd -26th July 2019, The Chancellor’s Hotel PROGRAMME Tuesday 23rd July 15.00 Arrival and registration 15.00-16.00 Martineau Society Committee Meeting 17.15 …
2019 Harriet Martineau lecture
The Harriet Martineau Lecture celebrates the legacy of a remarkable, world-changing woman by inviting globally-renowned radical writers to respond to her life and work. This year the speaker will be…