Bibliography 2: #BIB00030

Key	BIB00030
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953): 'a notable Churchwoman' and her abortion activist daughter
Journal	Women's History Review
Author	Darling, Elizabeth
ISSN	0961-2025
Abstract	This article explores the lives of Jane Whyte (1857-1944) and Janet Chance (1886-1953), a mother and daughter who represent two generations of women's activism in Scotland and England from the later nineteenth century to the early 1950s. The focus on Jane Whyte played a significant role in progressive reform circles in Edinburgh through her support for campaigns to open up education to middle-class girls, the Edinburgh Social Union, Patrick Geddes's Outlook Tower, and the Free Kindergarten movement. Whyte was also among the women who promoted the Baha?i faith in the UK, hosting a visit by its leader, ?Abdu?l-Bahá, in 1913, and forming part of the Consultation Committee he appointed to spread the faith in Europe. The locations and scope of her activism thus contribute to understandings of the arenas in and through which women exerted agency over the shaping of early-twentieth-century modernity. The paper also considers the impact of Whyte's generation of activists on the next through a consideration of her daughter, Janet Chance, co-founder of the Abortion Law Reform Association. Existing accounts of her life have hardly explored her background. This article offers new information that documents her upbringing and education, and her earliest activism through her contributions to suffragist campaigns in Birmingham.
Notes	doi: 10.1080/09612025.2025.2547429
Language	English
Keywords	WHYTE, JANE; CHANCE, JANET; 'ABDU'L-BAHA; WOMEN; SCOTLAND; ABORTION; SUFFRAGE
URL	https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2025.2547429
DOI	10.1080/09612025.2025.2547429
Pages	1–22
Legal note	11.

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