Jane Senior
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Jane Nassau Senior was Britain's first female civil servant,, and co-founder of the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants
(MABYS).
Senior was born Jane Elizabeth Hughes at Uffington
on the 10 December 1828, the only sister of the author Thomas Hughes
and six other brothers. She married Nassau John Senior on 10 August 1848 at Shaw Church. Her relief work with soldiers returning from the Franco-Prussian War
led to the foundation of the National Society for Aid to Sick and Wounded in War in 1870, forerunner of the British Red Cross
; and her work with impoverished children in Surrey led to her appointment in 1873, as an assistant inspector of workhouses.
She died of 'cancer of the womb' and exhaustion on 24 March 1877, aged 48; and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey.
Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants
The Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants was a voluntary organisation of middle- and upper-class women, founded by Jane Nassau Senior, Britain's first female civil servant, and social reformer Henrietta Barnett in 1875...
(MABYS).
Senior was born Jane Elizabeth Hughes at Uffington
Uffington, Oxfordshire
Uffington is a village and civil parish about south of Faringdon. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Uffington is most commonly known as the location of the Uffington White Horse hill figure....
on the 10 December 1828, the only sister of the author Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's Schooldays , a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford .- Biography :Hughes was the second son of John Hughes, editor of...
and six other brothers. She married Nassau John Senior on 10 August 1848 at Shaw Church. Her relief work with soldiers returning from the Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...
led to the foundation of the National Society for Aid to Sick and Wounded in War in 1870, forerunner of the British Red Cross
British Red Cross
The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom branch of the worldwide impartial humanitarian organisation the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The society was formed in 1870, and is a registered charity with over 31,000 volunteers and 2,600 staff. At the heart of their work...
; and her work with impoverished children in Surrey led to her appointment in 1873, as an assistant inspector of workhouses.
She died of 'cancer of the womb' and exhaustion on 24 March 1877, aged 48; and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey.