‘Amazingly. this is our 50th issue of the Martineau Society Journal (if you include all the previous numbers called Martineau Society Newsletter).(…)’
‘While we can contribute this (i.e. a shift in themes) to a significant shift in member’s interests and academic backgrounds, it also says something about the real durability of Harriet’s concerns; and the causes she supported, especially women’s rights, and the abolition of slavery, neither of which has been equally and fully resolved around the world. We would still, however, gladly receive contributions about James, his life, work and family.’ From the Editor’s Note: Our 30th anniversary and 50th Journal number. November 2024.
With articles from: Keiko Funaki on Harriet Martineau’s Economic thought; Julie Donovan on Harriet Martineau & Millicent Garrett Fawcett; Iain Crawford on Print, Periodical Circulation and Social Progress in Deerbrook; Jeremy Martineau on The French Connection: The Family in France up to 1686; Brian Conway on Professor Mary Jo Deegan Memorial Reflection; Editor’s Note and the Martineau Society Annual Conference 2024 by Valerie Sanders. Plus an Illustration of Queen Victoria’s visit to Birmingham with Sir Thomas Martineau, Mayor of Birmingham.
This issue is available in print for all members and soon will also available in the Society’s wonderful archive of publications