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- Title
Edith J. Simcox (1844-1901).
- Authors
Fulmer, Constance M.; Barfifld, Margaret F.
- Abstract
The article discusses the career of Edith J. Simcox, a Victorian scholar, social reformer, author, and social activist who focused on improving women's lives. It examines her time managing Hamilton and Company, a shirtmaking co-operative that employed women in Soho, London, England. Other topics include Simcox's involvement in the trades union movement, her membership on the London School Board, her love for author George Eliot, and her diary called "Autobiography of a Shirtmaker," published as "A Monument to the Memory of George Eliot."
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SIMCOX, E. J. (Edith Jemima), 1844-1901; WOMEN social reformers; LABOR movement; ELIOT, George, 1819-1880; HAMILTON &; Co.; HISTORY
- Publication
Victorian Review, 2011, Vol 37, Issue 1, p30
- ISSN
0848-1512
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/vcr.2011.0019