Current News [223]

unknown (1898) Current News [223]. The Woman's Signal, 9 (223). pp. 221-222.

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Abstract

1) An 'At Home', hosted by Miss Campbell-Lang, President of the Women's International Progressive Union, at St. James's Hall, recitations were given, and Madlle. Adrienne Veigelé, the founder of the Union, spoke. 2) Mrs. Ellis Griffith gave a lecture on "Welsh Music" at the Royal Medical Institution, Hanover Square. 3) Miss Dixon is mentioned to be preparing a paper on the medieval Florentine wool trade, which she will read before the Royal History Society. 4) Miss Mellinger, an American evangelist missionary who works in Armenia, is currently reported to be in London seeking aid in helping the Armenian christian children and women affected by the Turkish massacre. "[...] Miss Mellinger, like most American women speakers, attempts no oratory, nor does she aim at sensational effects, but in a simple, very direct manner tells her story [...]."

Item Type:	Article
Categories:	1 Genre > 1.16 Lecture 1 Genre > 1.19 Miscellaneous 1 Genre > 1.23 Proceedings 2 Content > 2.2 Arts/Literature 2 Content > 2.6 Emancipation/Feminism 2 Content > 2.8 Foreign Content / Context 2 Content > 2.10 History 2 Content > 2.16 Professions/Work 2 Content > 2.18 Religion/Faith/Bible Reading 2 Content > 2.20 Society/Class 3 Context > 3.4 Indoors 3 Context > 3.5 Lecture 3 Context > 3.9 Recital 3 Context > 3.10 Urban/Metropolitan 3 Context > 3.11 Venue > 3.11.3 Lecturing Institution 3 Context > 3.11 Venue > 3.11.8 Town Hall / Meeting Venue 4 Form of Participation > 4.2 Speaker 5 Textualisation of Lecture > 5.3 Mentioned with Title 5 Textualisation of Lecture > 5.4 Mentioned without Title 5 Textualisation of Lecture > 5.6 Summarised
Number of Pages:	2
URI:	http://victorianlecturing.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/1894

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