Priscilla Wakefield, nee Priscilla Bell (31 January 1751 – 12 September 1832) was an English Quaker philanthropist and prolific author. She promoted social projects for the benefit of women and children such as schools and maternity hospitals. Her writings were wide-ranging: she wrote about feminist economics, as well as scientific subjects, in particular the popular eighteenth-century discipline of botany. She was widely known for her moral and instructional writings for children.[1][2]
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- ^ Ann B. Shteir, "Wakefield, Priscilla (1750–1832)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 20 November 2017.