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Jeanie, an ´Army of One´: Mrs Nassau Senior, 1828-1877, the First Woman in Whitehall
Sybil Oldfield
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Paperback. A biography of Mrs Nassau Senior, 1822-1877, that 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, Jeanie Senior co-founded the British Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian war. Num Pages: 348 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
This first full biography of Mrs. Nassau Senior, 1822-1877, 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 (author of Tom Brown's Schooldays), Jeanie Senior 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. She was ferociously attacked for advocating the fostering of all pauper orphans rather than their incarceration and for indicting Workhouse 'Barrack' schools ... Read more
This first full biography of Mrs. Nassau Senior, 1822-1877, 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 (author of Tom Brown's Schooldays), Jeanie Senior 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. She was ferociously attacked for advocating the fostering of all pauper orphans rather than their incarceration and for indicting Workhouse 'Barrack' schools ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845192549
SKU
V9781845192549
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About Sybil Oldfield
Sybil Oldfield, Emeritus Reader in English, University of Sussex, is the author of Spinsters of This Parish; Women Against the Iron Fist, 19001989; The Collective Biography of Women in Britain 15501900; British Women Humanitarians 19001950; Afterwords Letters on the Death of Virginia Woolf; and Jeanie, an Army of One' Mrs. Nassau Senior 18281877, the First Woman in ... Read more
Reviews for Jeanie, an ´Army of One´: Mrs Nassau Senior, 1828-1877, the First Woman in Whitehall
The fascinating biography of a Victorian who should never have been forgotten. Both the poignant private life and the heroic public life of 'Mrs Nassau Senior' here find an ebullient, witty and passionate chronicler.
Barbara Hardy, Professor Emeritus, University of London. This tender and engaging portrait of Jeanie Senior, champion of the workhouse girl, reveals ... Read more
Barbara Hardy, Professor Emeritus, University of London. This tender and engaging portrait of Jeanie Senior, champion of the workhouse girl, reveals ... Read more