Elizabeth Horsell

Elizabeth Horsell (1798 – 1874) was an English vegetarianism and teetotalism activist, and the author of an early vegan cookbook. She was married to the publisher and activist William Horsell, with whom she operated a hydropathic infirmary at Northwood Villa in Ramsgate.^[1]

Biography[]

Horsell was involved in the temperance movement from the 1840s and was invited to give a lecture at Dr John Lee’s 'Peace and Temperance Festival'. She took part in vegetarian meetings in London, along with her husband,^[2] and gave frequent lectures both inside London, such as at the Talfourd Hotel,^[3] and further afield. Horsell moved with her husband to Ramsgate in 1846, where they intended to establish a "hydropathic boarding house".^[2]

After her husband's death, Horsell continued to take part in the vegetarian movement. She also operated an all-female boarding school, with spaces for vegetarian boarders.^[2]

Horsell died in 1874.^[2]

Publications[]

The Penny Domestic Assistant. Being a Guide to Vegetarian Cookery, without the use of Animal Products or Salt; Hints on Domestic Management, Industry, Frugality, and Cleanliness; accompanied with Nature's Bill of Fare, and valuable Statistical Tables (London: Horsell, 1850)

References[]

^ Gregory, James (2007). Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain. London: Tauris Academic Studies. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4356-1584-7. OCLC 184749981.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gregory, James (2013). "'Zealously affected in a good thing' The publishing career and life of William Horsell (1807–1863)". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
^ Gleadle, Kathryn (2003). Innes, Joanna; Burns, Arthur (eds.). Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain 1780-1850. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 218. ISBN 0-521-82394-3. OCLC 51855170.

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[:0-1] Gregory, James (2007). Of Victorians and Vegetarians: The Vegetarian Movement in Nineteenth-century Britain. London: Tauris Academic Studies. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4356-1584-7. OCLC 184749981.

[:1-2] Gregory, James (2013). "'Zealously affected in a good thing' The publishing career and life of William Horsell (1807–1863)". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

[3] Gleadle, Kathryn (2003). Innes, Joanna; Burns, Arthur (eds.). Rethinking the Age of Reform: Britain 1780-1850. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 218. ISBN 0-521-82394-3. OCLC 51855170.

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