GB 1924 Dilke - DILKE, Emilia Frances (1840-1904)

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GB 1924 Dilke

Titel

DILKE, Emilia Frances (1840-1904)

Datum(s)

  • 1891-1892 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

1 volume

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

Emilia Frances Dilke: Born Ilfracombe, Devon, 2 Sep 1840, daughter of Major Henry Strong; educated privately; married firstly Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln College Oxford (d 1884) in 1862, secondly Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke Bt, MP, in 1885; contributed articles and reviews on art history to many periodicals including to The Westminster Review, The Saturday Review, Academy, The Art Journal and the Gazette des Beaux Arts.
In 1876 she joined the Women's Protective and Provident League (later the Women's Trade Union League) which had been founded by Emma Patterson in 1874. She spoke at annual meetings of the League in 1877 and in 1880, when she urged the need for technical education for women. She founded a branch in Oxford and was also an active member of the Women's Suffrage Society at Oxford. From 1889-1904 she attended the Trades Union Congress as a representative of the League, and frequently spoke at meetings throughout the country on labour questions affecting women, particularly the cause of unskilled workers in dangerous trades. She died at Pyrford Rough, Woking, 24 Oct 1904.
Publications: Renaissance of Art in France (1879); a critical biography of Lord Leighton in the series Dumas' Modern Artists (1881); Art in the Modern State or the Age of Louis XIV , (1884); Claude Lorrain, d'apres des documents inedits (1884); French Painters of the Eighteenth Century(1889); French Architects and Sculptors of the Eighteenth Century (1900); French Engravers and Draughtsmen of the Eighteenth Century (1902) and two volumes of short stories The Shrine of Death, and other Stories (1886) and The Shrine of Love, and other Stories (1891).

Geschiedenis van het archief

GB 1924 Dilke 1891-1892 Collection (Fonds) 1 volume Dilke , Emilia Frances , 1840-1904 , nee Strong, art historian and trade unionist
Emilia Frances Dilke: Born Ilfracombe, Devon, 2 Sep 1840, daughter of Major Henry Strong; educated privately; married firstly Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln College Oxford (d 1884) in 1862, secondly Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke Bt, MP, in 1885; contributed articles and reviews on art history to many periodicals including to The Westminster Review, The Saturday Review, Academy, The Art Journal and the Gazette des Beaux Arts.
In 1876 she joined the Women's Protective and Provident League (later the Women's Trade Union League) which had been founded by Emma Patterson in 1874. She spoke at annual meetings of the League in 1877 and in 1880, when she urged the need for technical education for women. She founded a branch in Oxford and was also an active member of the Women's Suffrage Society at Oxford. From 1889-1904 she attended the Trades Union Congress as a representative of the League, and frequently spoke at meetings throughout the country on labour questions affecting women, particularly the cause of unskilled workers in dangerous trades. She died at Pyrford Rough, Woking, 24 Oct 1904.
Publications: Renaissance of Art in France (1879); a critical biography of Lord Leighton in the series Dumas' Modern Artists (1881); Art in the Modern State or the Age of Louis XIV , (1884); Claude Lorrain, d'apres des documents inedits (1884); French Painters of the Eighteenth Century(1889); French Architects and Sculptors of the Eighteenth Century (1900); French Engravers and Draughtsmen of the Eighteenth Century (1902) and two volumes of short stories The Shrine of Death, and other Stories (1886) and The Shrine of Love, and other Stories (1891).

Probably transferred to the TUC Library when the WTUL was absorbed into the TUC in 1921.

Notebook of Emilia Frances, Lady Dilke, 1890-1891, containing notes on labour questions affecting women, used by Lady Dilke in speeches for the Women's Trade Union League; subjects include women in unskilled trades; labour in the great towns; notes for speech in Newcastle-unon-Tyne, 1891; shop assistants and notes for speech to Girls' Letter Guild, Birmingham, 1892.

Single volume

Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.

At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.
English

Unlisted

The Library also holds the papers of the Womens' Trade Union League and the papers of Gertrude Tuckwell, Secretary and later President of the WTUL.

The British Library holds correspondence and papers of Lady Dilke, (Reference: Add MSS 42570, 42575, 43903-08, 43913, 43934, 43946, 45655, 49455, 49611). The House of Lords Record Office holds correspondence with Herbert Samuel (Ref. Samuel Papers).

Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules forthe Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. May 2002 Dilke , Emilia Frances , 1840-1904 , née Strong, art historian and trade unionist Employment Labour relations Personnel Rights of special groups Trade unions Womens employment Womens rights Women's Trade Union League x Women's Protective and Provident League Women workers Workers People by occupation People

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Probably transferred to the TUC Library when the WTUL was absorbed into the TUC in 1921.

Inhoud en structuur

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Notebook of Emilia Frances, Lady Dilke, 1890-1891, containing notes on labour questions affecting women, used by Lady Dilke in speeches for the Women's Trade Union League; subjects include women in unskilled trades; labour in the great towns; notes for speech in Newcastle-unon-Tyne, 1891; shop assistants and notes for speech to Girls' Letter Guild, Birmingham, 1892.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

Single volume

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

The Library also holds the papers of the Womens' Trade Union League and the papers of Gertrude Tuckwell, Secretary and later President of the WTUL.

Toegangen

Unlisted

Verwante materialen

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The British Library holds correspondence and papers of Lady Dilke, (Reference: Add MSS 42570, 42575, 43903-08, 43913, 43934, 43946, 45655, 49455, 49611). The House of Lords Record Office holds correspondence with Herbert Samuel (Ref. Samuel Papers).

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Trades Union Congress (TUC) Library Collections at London Metropolitan University

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules forthe Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Taal (talen)

  • Engels

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