Apr 21 2006
Next Seminar – Tuesday 2 May 2006
Tuesday 2 May 5.30pm
Sybil Oldfied
Wolfson Room, Institute for Historical Research, Senate House, London
You can get tea and coffee before the seminar in the IHR common room. We will have drinks after the seminar.
Abstract
Mrs Nassau Senior was active in many fields of voluntary action included the pioneering of voluntary social work in poor housing areas, responsibility for social housing finance, workhouse infirmary visiting, support of girls’ industrial schools, co-founding the British Red Cross in wartime, championing the fostering and adoption of destitute orphans as an alternative to the workhouse, and the founding of the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants. This paper draws on her own unpublished letters and letters received from such prominent figures as Octavia Hill, Lord Shaftesbury and Florence Nightingale.
