Helen Taylor (feminist)

Helen Taylor was an English feminist, writer and actress. She was the daughter of Harriet Taylor Mill and stepdaughter of John Stuart Mill. After the death of her mother, she lived and worked with John Stuart Mill. Together they promoted womens rights. From 1876 to 1884 she was a member of the London School Board. In 1881, she joined the Democratic Federation.

She was born at Kent Terrace, London, onJuly 1831, was only daughter and youngest of three children of John Taylor, wholesale druggist of Mark Lane, and his wife Harriet, daughter of Thomas Hardy of Birksgate, near Kirkburton, Yorkshire, where the family had been lords of the manor for centuries. Taylor, a man of education, inspired his daughter with a lifelong love for history and strong filial affection from an early age. Helens education was pursued desultorily and privately. She was the constant companion of her mother, who, owing to poor health, was continually travelling. Mrs. Taylors letters to her daughter, shortly to be published, testify to deep sympathy between the two.

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