Helen Priscilla McLaren
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Helen Priscilla Rabagliati, MBE
(née Bright McLaren) (1851–1934) was a local philanthropist and campaigner for improvements in health, women's condition and political change.
She was the daughter of Duncan McLaren
and Priscilla Bright (sister of John Bright
).
Her most significant and enduring contributions to Bradford
were education and public health. She founded an early hospice, St Catherine's and supported a maternity home for young unsupported women, St. Monica's. After 1900 she was very prominent in West Riding Conservative women's politics.
Helen Priscilla McLaren was born on 28 October 1851. She was the daughter of Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright. She married Andrea Rabagliati
on 25 May 1877. She died on 3 January 1934 at age 82.
Helen Priscilla McLaren was invested as a Member, Order of the British Empire (MBE
).
Curiously, Helen increasingly took the opposite political viewpoint of that of her family.
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
(née Bright McLaren) (1851–1934) was a local philanthropist and campaigner for improvements in health, women's condition and political change.
She was the daughter of Duncan McLaren
Duncan McLaren
Duncan McLaren was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Edinburgh.Born in Renton, Scotland, Duncan McLaren was the youngest of ten children of John McLaren and Catherine McLellan. Apart from two years of schooling, was self taught. After school, he was apprenticed to a merchant in Dunbar...
and Priscilla Bright (sister of John Bright
John Bright
John Bright , Quaker, was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. He was one of the greatest orators of his generation, and a strong critic of British foreign policy...
).
Her most significant and enduring contributions to Bradford
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
were education and public health. She founded an early hospice, St Catherine's and supported a maternity home for young unsupported women, St. Monica's. After 1900 she was very prominent in West Riding Conservative women's politics.
Helen Priscilla McLaren was born on 28 October 1851. She was the daughter of Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright. She married Andrea Rabagliati
Andrea Rabagliati
Andrea Carlo Francisco Rabagliati, born Scotland 1843, died on 7 December 1930, Bradford, was the author of books on dietary practice.Andrea Rabagliati was the son of Giacomo Rabagliati, a political refugee from Italy...
on 25 May 1877. She died on 3 January 1934 at age 82.
Helen Priscilla McLaren was invested as a Member, Order of the British Empire (MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
).
Curiously, Helen increasingly took the opposite political viewpoint of that of her family.
See also
- Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases ActsLadies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases ActsThe Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was established in 1869 by Elizabeth Wolstenholme and Josephine Butler in response to the Contagious Diseases Acts that were passed by UK Parliament in 1864...