About this booklet

W. T. Stead (1849-1912) was a well-known journalist and editor who supported several major social causes, including education for all, women’s right’s, the curse of child prostitution, the repeal of oppressive government legislation together with organisations like the Salvation Army.

It was as a journalist, and then editor, of the Pall Mall Gazette that he exerted most influence and challenged the social conscience of the nation. His sentiments usually reflected his non-conformist background and it is no surprise that he was a great supporter of the Welsh Revival, in his pamphlets and through the Gazette. He unfortunately died when travelling on the Titanic in 1912.