Painting of Jeannie Nassau Senior by George Frederic Watts showing her watering a plant. From wikimedia - public domain.

Plaque unveiling: Jeannie Nassau Senior

Name: Plaque unveiling: Jeannie Nassau Senior
Start: 2025-07-04T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-04T15:00:00+01:00

Date

Fri 4 Jul 2025

Free event no booking

Organised by the Battersea Society

Jeanie Nassau Senior became the first female civil servant when she was made Inspector of Workhouses. She was critical of the existing arrangements and promoted what we now call fostering. All welcome to the unveiling of a plaque in her honour on the exterior of the Battersea Arts Centre, the site of her former home Elm House. Booking not required.