Louisa Hubbard, Presentation Copy

Saint Matthew to Romans, with commentary by Rev. W. Walham How, D.D., Lord Bishop of Bedford, presentation copy, partially printed dedication leaf to ‘Mr and Mrs. William Wadey. In memory of my dear parents, William Egerton & Louisa Ellen Hubbard. Leonardslee’, signed and dated 1884 by Louisa M. Hubbard, offsetting to dedication, albumen portrait photographs of the parents mounted to front pastedown, yellowed, ms Wadey family register, decorative calf, with straight-grain morocco panels, ‘William Wadey’ in gilt to upper board.

***Louisa Maria Hubbard (Russia 1836 – England 1906) was an English feminist social reformer and writer, best known for her publication ‘A Handbook for Women's Work’. She published The Woman's Gazette, later known as Work and Leisure, from the years 1875 until 1893, reflecting her activism for increased opportunities for women's education and employment. Born into a wealthy merchant family in Russia, she moved to England as a young girl, where she remained for most of her life, and devoted her time to social activism, using her wealth to fund numerous women's causes. She began her activism in the Anglican deaconess movement during the 1860s, organising members and raising awareness for the movement's goals.