However, in 1885, she was part of the audience in the Portsmouth Church Congress, some 20 miles from her home. The first Bishop of Newcastle, Ernest Wilberforce, had been asked to address the women churchgoers.
In 1885, she attended a gathering at the Portsmouth Church Congress, approximately 20 miles from her home. The first Bishop of Newcastle, Ernest Wilberforce, was invited to address the women who were part of the congregation.