Henrietta Barnett

Standard Name: Barnett, Henrietta

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1884: Clergyman Samuel Barnett and his wife Henrietta...

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1884

Clergyman Samuel Barnett and his wife Henrietta founded Toynbee Hall in Commercial Street in the London slum of Whitechapel, the first settlement house designed as a centre of help for the local poor, run...

Lent term 1887: A paper by Henrietta Barnett at the Cambridge...

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Lent term 1887

A paper by Henrietta Barnett at the Cambridge Ladies' Discussion Society led to the foundation that year of the Women's University Settlement in Southwark, the first settlement for women.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Blackfriars Settlement. 2005, http://www.blackfriars-settlement.org.uk/blfs/index.php.

March 1906: A company was set up, largely through the...

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March 1906

A company was set up, largely through the efforts of Henrietta Barnett , for the development of Hampstead Garden Suburb just north of London, as a community including people of all classes and income levels.
Hampstead Garden Suburb: Historical Background. http://www.hgs.org.uk/history/index.html.

13 August 1912: Octavia Hill, housing advocate and one-time...

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13 August 1912

Octavia Hill , housing advocate and one-time friend of John Ruskin , died of cancer in her home at 190 Marylebone Road, London.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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