Anne Summers is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She was formerly a Curator of Modern Historical Manuscripts at the British Library. Her many publications on women’s history include Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses, 1854-1914 and Female Lives, Moral States: Women, Religion and Political Culture in Britain, 1800-1930.

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• Introduction.- PART I: GROUP ENCOUNTERS, 1870s-1918.- 1. Women and Men in a Religious Landscape: Britain in the Late Nineteenth Century.- 2. Joint Enterprises:  ‘The co-operation of ladies who are not Christians’.- 3. ‘Dear Madame Dreyfus’.- 4. ‘Votes for Women!’.- PART II: FRIENDSHIP IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, 1890s-1930.- 5. ‘A dear good “god-mother” to her’: Margaret MacDonald and Lily Montagu.- 6. ‘We fell in love with each other at first sight’: Charlotte Mason and Netta Franklin.- PART III: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 1920s-1940s.- 7. False Start or Brave Beginning? The Society of Jews and Christians.- 8. Separatism without Separation: Rebecca Sieff, Englishwomen and Zionism.- 9. Refuge and Asylum.- Conclusion.- Coda: Rachel Bernstein goes to Surrey Lane.iv.

Anne Summers is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She was formerly a Curator of Modern Historical Manuscripts at the British Library. Her many publications on women’s history include Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses, 1854-1914 and Female Lives, Moral States: Women, Religion and Political Culture in Britain, 1800-1930.

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• Introduction.- PART I: GROUP ENCOUNTERS, 1870s-1918.- 1. Women and Men in a Religious Landscape: Britain in the Late Nineteenth Century.- 2. Joint Enterprises:  ‘The co-operation of ladies who are not Christians’.- 3. ‘Dear Madame Dreyfus’.- 4. ‘Votes for Women!’.- PART II: FRIENDSHIP IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, 1890s-1930.- 5. ‘A dear good “god-mother” to her’: Margaret MacDonald and Lily Montagu.- 6. ‘We fell in love with each other at first sight’: Charlotte Mason and Netta Franklin.- PART III: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 1920s-1940s.- 7. False Start or Brave Beginning? The Society of Jews and Christians.- 8. Separatism without Separation: Rebecca Sieff, Englishwomen and Zionism.- 9. Refuge and Asylum.- Conclusion.- Coda: Rachel Bernstein goes to Surrey Lane.iv.

Anne Summers is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She was formerly a Curator of Modern Historical Manuscripts at the British Library. Her many publications on women’s history include Angels and Citizens: British Women as Military Nurses, 1854-1914 and Female Lives, Moral States: Women, Religion and Political Culture in Britain, 1800-1930.

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• Introduction.- PART I: GROUP ENCOUNTERS, 1870s-1918.- 1. Women and Men in a Religious Landscape: Britain in the Late Nineteenth Century.- 2. Joint Enterprises:  ‘The co-operation of ladies who are not Christians’.- 3. ‘Dear Madame Dreyfus’.- 4. ‘Votes for Women!’.- PART II: FRIENDSHIP IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, 1890s-1930.- 5. ‘A dear good “god-mother” to her’: Margaret MacDonald and Lily Montagu.- 6. ‘We fell in love with each other at first sight’: Charlotte Mason and Netta Franklin.- PART III: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 1920s-1940s.- 7. False Start or Brave Beginning? The Society of Jews and Christians.- 8. Separatism without Separation: Rebecca Sieff, Englishwomen and Zionism.- 9. Refuge and Asylum.- Conclusion.- Coda: Rachel Bernstein goes to Surrey Lane.iv.