This book examines Mary Ward's distinctive insight into late-Victorian and Edwardian society as a famous writer and reformer, who was inspired by the philosopher and British idealist, Thomas Hill Green. As a talented woman who had studied among Oxford University intellectuals in the 1870s, and the granddaughter of Dr Arnold of Rugby, Mrs Humphry Ward (as she was best known) was in a unique position to participate in the debates, issues and events that shaped her generation; religious doubt and Christianity, educational reforms, socialism, women's suffrage and the First World War. Helen Loader examines a range of biographical sources, alongside Mary Ward's writings and social reform activities, to demonstrate how she expressed and engaged with Greenian idealism, both in theory and practice, and made a significant contribution to British Society.

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Helen Loader is a member of the Centre for the History of Women's Education, based in the University of Winchester, UK.

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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I Religion .- Chapter 2: Religion, Women's Education and Oxford.- Chapter 3: T. H. Green Christianity and Moral Philosophy.- Chapter 4: Mary Ward Writing, Doubt and Christian Religion.- Chapter 5: Mary Ward Christian Citizen and Social Reformer.- Part II Society.- Chapter 6: Family, Fame and London Society.- Chapter 7: T. H. Green Marriage, the Family Unit and Society.- Chapter 8: Mary Ward Fiction, Divorce and Inequality.- Chapter 9: Mary Ward Educational Visions and the Bloomsbury Community.- Part III Politics.- Chapter 10: Liberal Politics, Women and the Public Sphere.- Chapter 11: T. H. Green Political Theory and Liberalism.- Chapter 12: Mary Ward Socialism and State Intervention.- Chapter 13: Mary Ward Women and Political Action.- Chapter 14: Conclusion.- Appendix 1 Family Tree of Mary Ward.- Appendix 2 List of Historical People who feature in the Lives of Mary Ward and T. H. Green.- Appendix 3 Mary Ward's Main Works (Fiction and Non-fiction), Arranged Thematically.- Appendix 4 Mary Ward's Main Educational Reform Activity Time Line.- Appendix 5 Notable Dates in the Life of Mary Ward.