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There have been two articles recently on Harriet Martineau’s role in the emancipation of slavery in the United States, mainly due the fact that Harriet is the great great great great great aunt of the Princess of Wales, the former

Annual Conference 2023 – Norwich Venue: Dragon Hall, King Street, Norwich Dragon Hall – National Centre for Writing Dates: Tuesday June 27th – Friday June 30th, 2023   As always, the conference will be a mixture of papers, trails and

Women Philosophers in Nineteenth-Century Britain by Alison Stone looks at the ideas of twelve women philosophers on topics including naturalism, the mind, history, morality, and evolution. Two of these women, Harriet Martineau and Frances Power Cobbe, run through the whole book,

Please note in your diary: Dates: 18-21 July 2022 Venue: Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield. Address: Endcliffe Road, Sheffield S10 3ER. Telephone: 0114 222 8810. Website:   www.halifaxhall.co.uk. Registration will take place from 5pm on Monday 18th July. Halifax Hall is a

We’re delighted to announce the publication of a new book written by our long time member, Dr Sue Brown. Julia Wedgwood; The Unexpected Victorian is the first biography to be written about Julia, a friend and correspondent of Harriet’s. The

An original first edition collection of Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations have come up for sale. As John Vint, the Chair of the Society says, expensive and the volumes are quite small: 5.25” x 3.5”. John remembers working with this size when