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Adelaide Manning

1828 – 1905

Social reformer

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Lived 1828 – 1905 (aged 77). Adelaide Manning was a British editor.

Elizabeth Adelaide Manning (1828 – 10 August 1905) was a British writer and editor. She championed kindergartens. She was one of the first students to attend Girton College. Manning was active for the National Indian Association which championed education and the needs of women in India.

Early life Elizabeth Adelaide Manning was born in 1828. Her mother was Clarissa (born Palmer) and her father was the lawyer James Manning, who helped the Law Amendment Society decide to support changing the law relating to married women's property. Her stepmother died the following month and Manning increasingly became the society's main proponent. She edited its magazine, whose title shifted from The Journal of the National Indian Association to The Indian Magazine in 1886, and then in 1891 The Indian Magazine and Review, still under Manning's leadership.

In July 1904, Manning was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, first class, by the King for services to the British Raj.

Manning died in London in 1905. In 1911 Indian writer Sukumar Ray wrote home to his parents about the NIA, which he described as "'MissManning's Association".

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Girton College, Bedford College
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Elizabeth Adelaide Manning

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James Manning (lawyer)

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Adelaide Manning?

social reformer

When was Adelaide Manning born?

Adelaide Manning was born on 17 January 1828 in Bloomsbury.

When did Adelaide Manning die?

Adelaide Manning died on 17 January 1905.

What was Adelaide Manning's occupation?

Adelaide Manning was an editor.

What nationality was Adelaide Manning?

Adelaide Manning was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Adelaide Manning

· Wikidata: Q18559675

· DBpedia: Adelaide Manning

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