Barbara Hammond

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Barbara Hammond
Chalk portrait by W. Rothenstein in 1908[1]
"intensely penetrating blue eyes and ... beautifully abundant, copper-red hair"[2]
Born
Lucy Barbara Bradby

(1873-07-25)25 July 1873[2]
Died16 November 1961(1961-11-16) (aged 88)[2]
St Paul's Hospital, Hemel Hempstead,[2] England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Occupation
social historian
OrganizationWomen's Industrial Council[2]
Known forThe Labourer trilogy

Lucy Barbara Hammond (née Bradby, 1873–1961) was an English

social historian who researched and wrote many influential books with her husband, John Lawrence Hammond, including the Labourer trilogy about the impact of enclosure and the Industrial Revolution upon the lives of workers.[3]

Early life and education

Born on 25 July 1873, she was the seventh child of

East End, with the family residing at St Katharine Docks – a significant change from Barbara's rural upbringing but which she took in her stride.[4] She was then sent to the progressive new boarding school of St Leonards in Scotland, which was pioneering academic education for girls.[2]

In 1892, she won a scholarship to

Greats – a set of examinations renowned for their difficulty.[2] This feat inspired a limerick:[1][6]

In spite of long hours with a crammer,
I never get more than a Gamma,
But the girl over there
With the flaming red hair
Gets Alpha Plus every time, damn her!

Marriage and writing

At Oxford, she became a fellow of Lady Margaret Hall.[7] There, she had met John Lawrence Hammond and they married in 1901 after he had established a career in political journalism, becoming the editor of the Liberal weekly review, The Speaker, in 1899. They lived in Battersea and were both active in campaigning against the Boer War. She was also active in the Women's Industrial Council until ovarian tuberculosis forced her to retire and also prevented her from having children.[2]

The couple moved to

Land Enquiry Committee of David Lloyd George – a driver of the Liberal welfare reforms.[10]

In 1912, they moved again to a farmhouse called Oatfield in the rustic village of

Manchester Guardian and so they moved to Manchester for the duration but then returned to Piccotts End in 1945. John died there in 1949 and Barbara died later in 1961.[2]

Publications

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c LMH.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n DNB.
  3. ^ Spongberg 2016.
  4. ^ Weaver 1997, p. 34.
  5. ^ Weaver 2004.
  6. ^ Delamont 2002, p. 145.
  7. ^ Kleer 2000.
  8. ^ a b Feske 2000, p. 104.
  9. ^ Feske 2000, pp. 109–116.
  10. ^ Sutton 2013, p. 29.
  11. ^ Toynbee 1967, pp. 95–107.

Sources

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