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Cover of Women, Madness and Spiritualism

Women, Madness and Spiritualism

Edited by Roy Porter; Helen Nicholson; Bridget Bennett

  • Published: 11 Nov 2004
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780415276337
  • Set ISBN: 9780415276337

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Georgina Weldon and Louisa Lowe


There were certain women in late Victorian Britain, notably the early suffrage campaigners, who programmatically challenged the traditional place of woman and developed gender politics campaigns. Alongside such ‘new women’, however, there were others who staked claims for justice and rights for women, not from some deep philosophical conviction but because that role had been thrust upon them by force of circumstance. One such, driven to action by bitter personal experience, was Georgina Weldon.

Volume Contents

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    Front Matter
  • Georgina Weldon
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      Introduction – Georgina Weldon and the Mad Doctors by Roy Porter By Roy Porter
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      Georgina Weldon, The History of my Orphanage: Or, the Outpourings of an Alleged Lunatic (London: Mrs Weldon, 1878) By Georgina Weldon
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        Preface
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        Chapter I
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        Chapter II
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        Chapter III
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        Chapter IV
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        Chapter V
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        Chapter VI
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        Chapter VII
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        Appendix
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      Georgina Weldon, How I Escaped the Mad Doctors (London: Mrs Weldon, 1882) By Georgina Weldon
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      Georgina Weldon, The Ghastly Consequences of Living in Charles Dickens’ House (London: Tavistock House, 1882) By Georgina Weldon
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      Georgina Weldon, Death-Blow to Spiritualism – Is It? Dr. Slade, Messrs. Maskelyne & Cooke, and Mr. W. Morton (London: Music and Art Association, 1882) By Georgina Weldon
  • Louisa Lowe
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      Introduction by Helen Nicholson By Helen Nicholson
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      Louisa Lowe, ‘No. 1 – Report of a Case Heard in Queen’s Bench, November 22nd, 1872,’ Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? (London: James Burns, 1872/3) By Louisa Lowe
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      Louisa Lowe, ‘No. 2 – Gagging in Madhouses, as Practised by Government Servants, in a Letter to the People’, Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? (London: James Burns, 1872/3) By Louisa Lowe
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      Louisa Lowe, ‘No. 3 – How an Old Woman Obtained Passive Writing and the Outcome Thereof’, Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? (London: James Burns, 1872/3) By Louisa Lowe
    • Louisa Lowe, The Bastilles of England, or The Lunacy Laws at Work (London: Crookenden and Co., 1883) By Louisa Lowe
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        The Way In
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        The Way Out
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        III
        Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
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        IV
        “Thou Art the Man.”
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        Appendix