Extracts from Letters and Other Pieces: During Her Last Illness (Classic Reprint)

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FB&C Limited, Jul 14, 2015 - History - 102 pages
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Margaret jackson was daughter of Thomas and Biddy Jackson of Eden derry, in the King's County: she died at Moate, in the County of Westmeath, in the prime of life, on the 16th of se cond month, 1822. Her last illness was of several years' duration, and the lin gering progress of the disease was at tended With severe bodily suffering. In its earlier stages she passed through dis tressing mental conflicts, arising from an apprehension of unfitness for the ap proaching awful change; yet these trials appear to have been permitted in mercy for her refinement - through the Re deemer's love she was brought to a state of peaceful resignation, raised in a remarkable manner above her suffer ings, supported under extreme and pro tracted weakness, and enabled to rejoice in the hope of a glorious inheritance. In this favoured situation she felt a deep.

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Dr. Marlene M. Moretti is a Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University and has published widely in the field of youth mental health, self development, and parent-adolescent attachment. She currently leads a multi-site Canadian Institutes of Health Research program examining gender, aggression, and violence. Dr. Moretti has served on the government committees and panels focused on the promotion of youth mental health. She has also consulted with Health Canada in providing recommendations to promote healthy adolescent adjustment.Candice L. Odgers completed her Mastera (TM)s degree in Criminology at Simon Fraser University where she conducted one of the largest studies of incarcerated female youth in Canada. Candice is currently a Psychology Ph.D. student at the University of Virginia and a Senior Research Associate for a Canadian Institutes of Health Research-sponsored Gender and Aggression Network. Candice is the recipient of a Social Sciences and Humanities Doctoral Fellowship and the Commonwealth Scholarship. She is currently expanding her research to focus on violence within high-risk populations of girls in the United States.Dr. Margaret Jackson, Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, has conducted research in three main areas: clinical criminology; women's issues, especially violence against women and children; and justice policy. She is currently the principal investigator for a major SSHRC project on marginalized girls and the Director of the Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy at SFU. Dr. Jackson has previously undertaken specific research on child abuse in the Vancouver area, in terms of its prevalence, the problems with itsassessment and its impact on young marginalized girls' lives.

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