Context: Rossetti's female connections Flashcards
What was Rossetti’s connection to Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon?
An artist and womens rights activist. She established SPEW in 1858.
What was Rossetti’s connection to Harriet Martineau?
A social philosepher and writer. Similarly to Rossetti, she was an advocate for womens rights.
What was Rossetti’s connection to Anne Mary Howitt?
English Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer, feminist. Joined the Pre-Raphaelites in her early 20s, was good friends with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and many other literary and artistic figures of which Christina Rossetti was surrounded by too.
What was Rossetti’s connection to Jean ingelow?
Jean contributed poetry and tales to magazines under the pseudonym ‘Orris’ as a young girl. Her work is often compared to Rossetti’s and other contemporary authors such as Browning. Rossetti mentioned Ingelow’s work in some of her letters to other female writers. Rossetti knew of Ingelow’s work and was impressed by it.
What was Rossetti’s connection to Augusta Webster?
Webster wrote to Rossetti in late 1870s asking for support in her campaign to give women the right to vote. Rossetti refused, reffering to the Bible in which presents women and men as different creatures.
What was Rossetti’s connection to Josephine Butler?
She was a english femenist and social reformer in the 19th century.Butler campaignes against the Contagious Diseases Act and Rossetti was heavily influenced by the social discourse.
