{"id":1449,"date":"2013-01-28T10:59:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infed.org\/mobi\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2024-06-18T12:35:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:35:41","slug":"jane-elizabeth-senior-and-work-with-girls-and-young-women","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/infed.org\/dir\/welcome\/jane-elizabeth-senior-and-work-with-girls-and-young-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Elizabeth Senior and work with girls and young women"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jane Elizabeth Senior and work with girls and young women. Jane Senior (1828-1877) (also known as Mrs Nassau Senior) was the first woman civil servant (the inspector of workhouses). She was also an important social reformer &#8211; helping to found the British Red Cross, the Girls&#8217; Friendly Society and the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants. Jane Senior was also part of an influential network of social activists and writers.<\/h2>\n<p>In preparation<\/p>\n<h6>contents: introduction \u00b7 life \u00b7 charitable work \u00b7 workhouses and &#8216;pauper girls&#8217; \u00b7 conclusion \u00b7 further reading and references<\/h6>\n<h3>Further reading and references<\/h3>\n<p>Oldfield, Sybil (2008) <em>Jeanie, an &#8216;Army of One&#8217;: Mrs Nassau Senior, 1828-1877, the First Woman in Whitehall<\/em>. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press.<\/p>\n<h5>Links<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peerage.org\/genealogy\/senior.htm\">peerage.org<\/a>: Walter Money&#8217;s recollections published shortly after Jane Nassau Senior&#8217;s death. It includes an image of the famous portrait of her painted by George Frederick Watts in 1857-8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane Elizabeth Senior and work with girls and young women. 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