'She gave her activities to mankind, absolutely, unselfishly... But her spirit still lives, not in the spiritual or supernatural sense, but in Nature, and it beats more intensely in every bosom this afternoon.'

At the graveside, John S. Clarke called Wheeldon 'a prophet, not of the sweet and holy bye and bye, but of the here and now. She saw the penury of the poor and the prodigality of the rich, and she registered her protest against it. It was upon that principle that Mrs. Wheeldon passed her life.'

Checked on the way home and Isobel Dunlop didn’t have a Wikipedia page so I wrote one on the train. London to Norwich is the perfect Wiki writing journey time btw en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_...

You can read his pamphlet in full here (it's worth it!) heritage.humanists.uk/mans-alleged...

Knox was one of the founders of the Belfast Ethical Society, and active in a whole range of efforts for a better, fairer world heritage.humanists.uk/belfast-ethi...

In spite of commonly held assumptions, Pinn argues, 'Black humanism is its own thing... a form of ritualized self-expression as old as the US Black community'. I'm really looking forward to hearing Pinn and Martin explore the resonances of this on both sides of the Atlantic.

In The Black Practice of Disbelief, Pinn writes about some of the freethinkers and sceptics who embodied a humanist worldview even if they didn't use the label, and how elements of humanism can be found in works of literature, music, and the visual arts, focused on human experience and connection.

Friend and fellow Ethical movement organiser Carrie Hedges recalled her influence in News & Notes -

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