Henrietta Barnett
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Dame Henrietta Octavia Weston Barnett, DBE was an English social reformer, educationist, and author. She and her husband, Samuel Augustus Barnett, founded the first "University Settlement" at Toynbee
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett portrait by Hubert von Herkomer in Toynbee Hall
Toynbee Hall 1902
Evergreen Hill, Spaniards Road
1 South Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, former home of Henrietta Barnett
Toynbee Hall
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Toynbee Hall is a charitable institution that works to address the causes and impacts of poverty in the East End of London and elsewhere. Established in 1884, it is based in Commercial Street, Spitalf
Henrietta Barnett
…was an English social reformer, educationist, and author. She and her husband, Samuel Augustus Barnett, founded the first "University Settlement" at Toynbee Hall (in the East End of London) in 1884. They also worked to establish the model Hampstead Garden Suburb in the early 20th century. Born in Clapham, London…
Toynbee Hall 2020
An East End street in 1902 (Dorset Street, Spitalfields), photographed for Jack London's book The People of the Abyss