Should we still remember Henrietta Barnett
I shall be explaining to you about whether we should still remember Henrietta Barnett for the work she has done and the outcome of what she did and if she was a significant character of history.
Firstly I shall give some basic background information about Henrietta Barnett. Henrietta was born on the 4th May 1851 shortly followed by the death of her mother in childbirth. Her maiden name was Henrietta Octavia Weston Rowland and she fortunately born into a fairly privileged and rich family. Her father was Alexander William Rowland and he made his money by being an entrepreneur to making oil. She lived with her unmarried aunt where she was taught by a governess. Eventually she persuaded her father to send her to a boarding school. From there she went to London which was where she met her husband Canon Samuel Barnett. He was worked at St Jude’s parish in Whitechapel where Samuel and there she worked to bring up Whitechapel’s severe conditions. She also worked at the barrack schools there and made the Hampstead Garden Suburb including founding the Henrietta Barnett school for girls.
Now I shall talk about her childhood in particular and show how this might have had an impact on her later life. From what I have read she was a strong-minded, stubborn girl who always asked questions from her own curiosity but never had any answers for them as her aunt always said “Instead of asking these silly questions you should be focusing on what any other normal and civilised girl would wonder, what we are going to have for pudding today.” From this quote the life of a woman in those days is revealed. Obviously women in that time still weren’t treated as equals to the men. While the men worked and discussed intellectual and political debate and all the interesting and educational side of matters, women and girls were led down the path of being an obedient house wife. While the men went out and earned a living, women were meant to stay at home,
Firstly I shall give some basic background information about Henrietta Barnett. Henrietta was born on the 4th May 1851 shortly followed by the death of her mother in childbirth. Her maiden name was Henrietta Octavia Weston Rowland and she fortunately born into a fairly privileged and rich family. Her father was Alexander William Rowland and he made his money by being an entrepreneur to making oil. She lived with her unmarried aunt where she was taught by a governess. Eventually she persuaded her father to send her to a boarding school. From there she went to London which was where she met her husband Canon Samuel Barnett. He was worked at St Jude’s parish in Whitechapel where Samuel and there she worked to bring up Whitechapel’s severe conditions. She also worked at the barrack schools there and made the Hampstead Garden Suburb including founding the Henrietta Barnett school for girls.
Now I shall talk about her childhood in particular and show how this might have had an impact on her later life. From what I have read she was a strong-minded, stubborn girl who always asked questions from her own curiosity but never had any answers for them as her aunt always said “Instead of asking these silly questions you should be focusing on what any other normal and civilised girl would wonder, what we are going to have for pudding today.” From this quote the life of a woman in those days is revealed. Obviously women in that time still weren’t treated as equals to the men. While the men worked and discussed intellectual and political debate and all the interesting and educational side of matters, women and girls were led down the path of being an obedient house wife. While the men went out and earned a living, women were meant to stay at home,