The Lady Magazine - Henrietta Barnett
The Lady Magazine - Henrietta Barnett

This article published in The Lady magazine, the longest running womens periodical in the country, details the life of Suburb founder Henrietta Barnett, to coincide with the Suburb's centenary.

Document, HGST93
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Henrietta Barnett in profile
Born in 1856 Henrietta Barnett founded the Hampstead Garden Suburb in 1906 as an area to the north of London with affordable housing and green spaces so the working clas did not have to live in the slums she experienced in Whitechapel. 
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