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Elizabeth Rayner Belloc (nee Parkes; 16 June 1829 – 23 March 1925) [2] was one of the most prominent English feminists and campaigners for women's rights in Victorian times and also a poet, essayist and journalist. Early life.
I am a mid-19th century feminist and women’s rights activist. I also co-founded the English Woman’s Journal in 1858 with my dear friend Bessie Rayner Parkes. Today, I thought of telling you all a bit more about her. How would I describe Bessie? She was someone who deeply cared about women’s rights.
English feminist, poet, and essayist. Name variations: Bessie Belloc. Born 1829; died 1925; dau. of Joseph Parkes (Birmingham solicitor) and Elizabeth (Priestley) Parkes (dau. of Unitarian scientist Joseph Priestley ); m. Louis Belloc (Irish-French writer), 1867 (died 1872); children: Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953); Marie Belloc-Lowndes (1868–1947).
Sep 6, 2019 · Bessie Rayner Parkes (later Belloc) lived an unorthodox life as a working feminist journalist, editor, and social activist whose abiding concern was the condition of women’s everyday lives.
Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829-1925) was one of the most prominent and influential campaigners for women’s rights in the nineteenth century and her life and work are of remarkable interest. She is described by the American historian Bonnie S. Anderson as one of the key British feminists of her time.
Bessie Rayner Parkes 1829 – 1925 (Elizabeth Rayner Parkes, married name Belloc) Poet, journalist, women’s rights campaigner. 16 June 1829 – 23 March 1925
Bessie Rayner Parkes (later Belloc, 1829–1925) was a central figure in British women’s rights activism during the 1850s and 1860s. She was founding editor of the feminist English Woman’s Journal and one of the organisers of the pioneering 1866 petition for women’s suffrage.
