“The desire to supply good tales to my school children”: Charlotte Yonge's lifelong involvement in parochial education
(This is a joint event with the Modern History Seminar)

It is not easy to categorise Charlotte Yonge’s significance. Known mainly for her best-selling novel, The Heir of Redclyffe (1853), and as a peripheral member of the Oxford Movement, there is a tendency by mainstream literary and historical scholars to overlook the variety of her achievements. Least studied has been her commitment to the expansion of parochial education both locally and nationally, taking forward the battle to defend the voluntary schools of the Church of England after the 1870 Education Act.
Date: 21 November 2024, 14:00
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Speaker: Dr Susan Walton (University of Hull)
Organising department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Organisers: Professor Helen Small (University of Oxford), Professor Sos Eltis (University of Oxford)
Part of: Nineteenth Century Research Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Katy Terry, Hope Lukonyomoi-Otunnu