Sarah Tuke Grubb Explained

Sarah Tuke Grubb
Birth Name:	Sarah Tuke
Birth Date:	20 June 1756
Other Names:	Sarah R Grubb Sally Robert
Birth Place:	York, England
Death Date:	8 December 1790

Sarah Tuke Grubb (20 June 1756 – 8 December 1790), Quaker minister, writer and founder of a girls' school in Ireland.

Life

Born to businessman William Tuke and his first wife Elizabeth Hoyland, Grubb was about 9 when her father married his second wife, Esther Maud. They were strong believers in Quaker principles. Her father founded three Quaker schools: Ackworth School, Bootham School, and Trinity Lane Quaker Girls' School during his life. Grubb started preaching in Quaker congregations when she was 22. She married Robert Grubb of Clonmel, Ireland in 1782 and while initially they lived locally to where she grew up, they returned to live in Ireland in 1787. The couple travelled extensively in Europe, as Quaker missionaries. They visiting several Quaker communities in their travels.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Grubb and her husband started a girls' finishing school in Clonmel, Ireland. The school was called the Suir Island School and later known as the Clonmel School. One of their teachers was Susanna Corder who went on to become the Headmistress of Newington Academy for Girls. Grubb died unexpectedly when she was 34.^{[1] [2] [3] [6] [7]}

Bibliography

• A Serious Meditation: or, A Christian's Duty Fully Set Forth (1790)
• Book: Some account of the life and religious labours of Sarah Grubb. 23338641M. 1792.
• Account of the Schools at Ackworth and York, Observations on Christian Discipline, and Extracts from Many of Her Letters (1792).
• Biographical Sketches of the Lives and Public Ministry of Various Holy Women, (1825)

Notes and References

1. Book: "Grubb, Sarah Tuke (1756–1790). Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Encyclopedia.com. 22 August 2018. https://www.encyclopedia.com.
2. Book: "Tuke, William." . The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Encyclopedia.com. 22 August 2018. https://www.encyclopedia.com.
3. Book: Gil Skidmore. Strength in Weakness: Writings of Eighteenth-century Quaker Women. 2003. Rowman Altamira. 978-0-7591-0521-8. 192–.
4. Web site: S . Gil . Stumbling blocks to stepping stones: Quaker Alphabet Blog Week 13 – G for the three Sarah Grubbs . Stumbling blocks to stepping stones . 29 March 2013.
5. Web site: Mitchell . Jonathan Paul . Religious Melancholia and the York Retreat 1730–1830 . The University of Leeds.
6. Web site: The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society : Friends' Historical Society . Internet Archive . 2018-08-22. 1918. London, Headley Brothers:Philadelphia, U.S.A., "American Friend" Office.
7. Book: M. Jacob. C. Secretan. In Praise of Ordinary People: Early Modern Britain and the Dutch Republic. 17 December 2013. Palgrave Macmillan US. 978-1-137-38052-4. 256–.
8. Book: Margaret Abruzzo. Polemical Pain: Slavery, Cruelty, and the Rise of Humanitarianism. 29 March 2011. JHU Press. 978-1-4214-0127-0. 259–.
9. Wright . Sheila . Quakerism and its Implications for Quaker Women: the Women Itinerant Ministers of York Meeting, 1780–1840 . Studies in Church History . Cambridge University Press (CUP) . 27 . 1990 . 0424-2084 . 10.1017/s0424208400012201 . 403–414. 159543567 .