Townsend, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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Townsend, Mary Elizabeth
M. E. T. (Mary Elizabeth Townsend), 1841-1918
Butler, Mary Elizabeth, 1841-1918
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found: Great characters of fiction, 1893:t.p. (M.E. Townsend)
found: LC database, Feb. 26, 2015(hdg.: Townsend, Mary Elizabeth; usage M.E. Townsend)
found: Monthly packet, 1875:page 466-170 (The Girls' Friendly Society, (typesigned at end) M.E.T.; explains why she founded the Girls' Friendly Society)
found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, via WWW, 26 December 2018(Mary Elizabeth Townsend, née Butler; born 23 July 1841 in Kilkenny; died 14 June 1918 in Hindhead, Surrey; co-founder of the Girls' Friendly Society (GFS), which officially began its work on 1 January 1875; Mary Townsend worked tirelessly in the early days of the movement; she served as president from 1876 to 1883 and again from 1891 to 1894, and also acted as head of various departments; she was directing the candidates department in 1879 when, by popular demand, it was decided to admit girls as young as eight years old; she wrote copiously for the various GFS journals--such as Friendly Leaves, Friendly Work, and the Associates Journal--and compiled best-selling collections of prayers and hymns; she succeeded in persuading popular writers to contribute to GFS publications)
found: The spectator, 1893:volume 71, page 47 (letter to the editor from Charlotte Mary Yonge, editor of the Monthly packet, to clarify that "M.E. Townsend," editor of Great characters of fiction, is Mary Elizabeth Townsend, founder of the Girls' Friendly Society)
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1980-08-12: new
2023-09-06: revised
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