Mrs Humphry Ward and Greenian Philosophy

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This book examines Mary Wards distinctive insight into late-Victorian and Edwardian society as a famous writer and reformer, who was inspired by the philosopher and British idealist, Thomas Hill Green. As a talented woman who had studied among Oxford University intellectuals in the 1870s, and the granddaughter of Dr Arnold of Rugby, Mrs Humphry Ward (as she was best known) was in a unique position to participate in the debates, issues and events that shaped her generation; religious doubt and Christianity, educational reforms, socialism, womens suffrage and the First World War. Helen Loader examines a range of biographical sources, alongside Mary Wards writings and social reform activities, to demonstrate how she expressed and engaged with Greenian idealism, both in theory and practice, and made a significant contribution to British Society.

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Helen Loader is a member of the Centre for the History of Womens Education, based in the University of Winchester, UK.

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