Jeanie, an 'army of one' : Mrs. Nassau Senior, 1828-1877, the first woman in Whitehall
Oldfield, Sybil2009
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The first full biography of Mrs. Nassau Senior, 1828-1877, tells how an extraordinary woman escaped from the constraints of Victorian domesticity to become the first woman in Whitehall and one of Britain's great social reformers. An ardent Christian Socialist radical, like her brother Thomas Hughes, she pioneered social work with Octavia Hill, co-founded the British Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian war and battled as 'Government Inspector' on behalf of exploited workhouse girls. Florence Nightingale gave her the title 'a noble Army of one'.
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Imprint:
Sussex Academic Press, 2009
Collation:
348 pages : ill
ISBN:
9781845192549
Dewey class:
305.42092
Language:
English
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BRN:
3102064