Hannah More (and philanthropic sociability) [ Religion & Philanthropy / Politics & Society / Religious Belief ]
… Will of Hannah More, TNA, PROB 11/1822/405 Image Henry William Pickersgill, ‘Hannah More’, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 412, 1822. Abstract Hannah More, a woman of letters, was a Christian activist and philanthropist. Her sociable life in Britain’s major social centers, London and Bath, enabled her to use her closeness to the bluestocking circle and later her membership of the evangelical … she soon became the author of a play, The Search after Happiness , which, first published locally, was republished in London where it won her public recognition. 1 There, thanks to her friends’ letters of introduction, she rubbed shoulders …
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