Catherine Mary Buckton
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Catherine Mary Buckton (née Williams, 1826-1904) was a British campaigner and writer. She was based in Leeds, UK, and strongly believed in the education of women, and promoted hygienic practices.[1]
Biography[edit]
Catherine Buckton was born in Stoke Newington and was one of nine children. Her father was a surgeon specialising in the treatment of cholera and a pioneer of public health reform.[2] She married Joseph Buckton, a successful cloth merchant in 1848. Buckton became the first woman in Leeds to hold elected public office when she became a member of the Leeds School Board in 1873.[3]
She wrote a number of books: 'Health in the House, 25 Lectures on Elementary Physiology In It's Application To The Daily Wants of Man and Animals Delivered To The Wives and Children of Working-Men in Leeds and Saltaire' (1876 [4]), 'Food and Home Cookery', 'Our Dwellings, Healthy and Unhealthy' (1885 [5][6]), 'Town and Window Gardening, Including the Structures, Habits And Uses Of Plants, A Course Of 16 Lectures' (1879[7]), and 'Comfort and Cleanliness (1894 [8])' [1]
Books[edit]
- 'Health in the House, 25 Lectures on Elementary Physiology In It's Application To The Daily Wants of Man and Animals Delivered To The Wives and Children of Working-Men in Leeds and Saltaire' (1876 [4])
- This was based on a series of lectures given over a 2 year period to children aged between 10-13. She used Germ Theory to explain the risk of infection, and used anatomy and physiology as an aid to learning (page x, preface [9] ).
- 'Town and Window Gardening, Including the Structures, Habits And Uses Of Plants, A Course Of 16 Lectures (Given Out Of School Hours to Pupil -Teachers And Children Attending The Leeds Board Schools)' (1879 [10])
- Based upon a series of lectures given to children, includes an introduction to the scientific basis of gardening, as well as practical advice.
- 'Our Dwellings, Healthy and Unhealthy (Addressed To Girls Attending The Leeds Board Schools' (1885 [5])
- Aimed at girls aged 9 and above, written with explanations in basic science, and simple experiments to 'explain the nature of good and bad air, ventilation, and why we have fevers'.
References[edit]
- ^ "Catherine Mary Buckton (1826-1904) - They Lived in Leeds - Thoresby Society". www.thoresby.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Catherine Mary Buckton". Archived from the original on 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Buckton [née Williams], Catherine Mary (1826/7–1904), promoter of household science teaching". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52270. Retrieved 22 November 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Buckton, Catherine M. (1876). Health in the house, 25 lectures.
- ^ a b Buckton, Catherine M. (1885). Our Dwellings, Healthy and Unhealthy ... Longmans, Green.
- ^ "Catherine M Buckton - Our dwellings healthy and unhealthy : addressed to girls attending the Leeds Board Schools / by Catherine M. Buckton". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "FOOD AND HOME COOKERY by [EDUCATION.] BUCKTON, Catherine M." Deborah Coltham Rare Books. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Catherine Mary Buckton (1826-1904) - They Lived in Leeds - Thoresby Society". www.thoresby.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Buckton, Catherine M. (1876). Health in the house, 25 lectures.
- ^ Buckton, Catherine M. (1879). Town and window gardening, 16 lectures.