Vegetarians, Vivisection and Violationism: Gender and the Non-Human Animal in Anna Kingsford's Life and Writing

• Published in: Lilith (Fitzroy, Vic.) no. 28; pp. 73 - 173
• Main Author: Ekkel, Ruby
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wollongong Australian Women's History Network 01.12.2022
• Subjects: 19th century; Advocacy; Animal welfare; Ecofeminism; Femininity; Feminism; Gender; Protectionism; Society; Spirituality; Vegetarianism; Victorian period; Women; United Kingdom > UK

Anna Kingsford (1846-1888) was an influential figure within the Victorian vegetarian movement who argued that abstinence from meat laid the foundation for all physical, social, moral and spiritual progress. Like many other vegetarian women of the later nineteenth century, she also actively opposed t...