Helen Taylor's work for land nationalisation in Great Britain and Ireland 1879-1907

This article explores the contribution made by Helen Taylor to the Victorian land reform movement, 1879–1890. It concentrates on her political agency after 1882 to evidence that the importance of Taylor was three-fold. She was a leading activist in all land reforming groups and drew large audiences; she had independent means which enabled her to fund the organisations she was involved in and exert influence on them; and her background as John Stuart Mill’s step-daughter and intellectual collaborator put her in the position of being able to introduce the leading players in the 1880s land campaigns to one another. Taylor introduced Henry George and Michael Davitt to the leadership of the British land movement and thus enabled their involvement. Davitt’s and George’s importance in British land campaigns has been documented by historians but the woman who was instrumental in facilitating their involvement has been largely forgotten

Archaeology · Art history · Economic history · Land reform · Mill · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · History · Law · Rural development and sustainability

• Crossing the Border of Citizenship

  Open Access•Janet Smith, Janet E Smith•Open Library of Humanities•2020

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