Henrietta Barnett

Dates: 1851-1936

Lived at: 1 South Square (from ?1922)

Suffrage organisation(s):

• London Society for Women’s Suffrage (affiliated to NUWSS)

Key roles:

• Vice President of the London Society for Women’s Suffrage,
• National Vice President of the National Union of Women Workers,
• Chairman of the Hampstead Garden Suburb branch of National Council of Women.

1911 Census:

• Complied

Militant Activities:

• Disapproved of militant suffragism.

Other achievements:

• Co-founder of Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel.
• Extensive work with disadvantaged women and children in the East End of London.
• Active in foundation of Whitechapel Public Library and Whitechapel Art Gallery.
• Founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb and various institutions in HGS.
• Supporter of social reform, housing improvement and the advancement of women.

Memorials:

• Memorial in Central Square,
• Plaque at 1 South Square.
• She and her husband are memorialised on a Blue Plaque at Spaniards Road and in Westminster Abbey.
• CBE in 1917,
• DBE in 1924.

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