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65 Harrington Gardens
65 Harrington GardensStep inside 65 Harrington GardensPlan for 65 Harrington Gardens, Kensington c 1931 WPH archive, London Metropolitan ArchivesWomen’s Pioneer Housing purchased 65 Harrington Gardens in 1931. The organisation’s architect Gertrude Leverkus set about converting the four storey building into 9 self-contained flats, each with its own sitting room, bedroom, pantry and bathroom. This meant…
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A history of WPHWhy was Women’s Pioneer Housing needed?Unless some special effort was made on a co-operative basis to provide suitable housing at reasonable rents, the professional woman would be hampered in her career for want of a proper home and would see her standard of life and comfort reduced to vanishing point.Women’s Pioneer Housing…
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Etheldred Browning
Etheldred BrowningEtheldred Browning1869 – 1946 Founder of Women’s Pioneer Housing Etheldred was born Edith Anna Browning on 17th September 1869 in Donnybrook, Dublin, the third of four children. She came from an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family included in Burke’s Irish Peerage. Her father Jeffrey Francis Browning (1832-1889) was a lawyer, who served as Solicitor to the Court of the Irish Land Commission. Her mother, Julia Mary Smart (1841-1925) was born in London, the…
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Meet the Residents
ResidentsThis society was started three years ago as a sort of mother in housing to professional and other independent women and has now nearly 100 flats to its credit. These flats are let out at moderate rents to women who can have what number of rooms they choose, what wall-paper they choose – what food…
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Domestic abuseESCAPE/ HIDE WEBSITEWomen from all backgrounds can be affected by domestic abuse. At Women’s Pioneer Housing, we are committed to doing all we can to help residents experiencing such abuse.Domestic abuse includes when a partner or other family member:threatens youshoves or pushes youmakes you fear for your safetyputs you down or tries to undermine…
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Apply for a moveIf you are already one of our tenants but would like to move home, there are a number of options open to you. Transfers If you want to move to another flat, you can apply to join our transfer list. Please speak to your Housing Officer about how the process works, how…
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Dorothy Peel
Dorothy PeelDorothy Peel OBE1868 – 1934Member of the Committee of Management, 1921 – 1928Dorothy Peel ©Imperial War Museum (WWC D8-5-91)Dorothy was invited to join the Committee of Management at Women’s Pioneer Housing’s second meeting on 30th September 1920. She was an important figure during the financial crisis of 1921, holding meetings at her own house, and supporting WPH through its dire…
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Helen Archdale
Helen ArchdaleHelen Archdale (nee Russel)1876 – 1949Founder member of Women’s Pioneer HousingHelen Archdale 1928 ©National Portrait Gallery (X43211) Helen Archdale was born into a family of radical, politically active intellectuals. She was the daughter of Alexander Russel, editor of The Scotsman and an active supporter of progressive causes, including women’s rights to education. Her mother,…
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The founders
The foundersFounders and OfficialsOn August 30th 1920 Etheldred Browning opened a new red quarto notebook and wrote the minutes of the first meeting of Women’s Pioneer Housing. She was joined by four friends and colleagues – architect Annabel Dott, social worker Florence Carre, and accountant Miriam Homersham. Four others expressed interest in the venture, but…
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Timeline
TimelineJuly 1914World War I begins. Over the next four years, a huge number of women join the workforce for the first time, filling the gap left by the millions of men enlisted to fight. This exacerbates a shortage of affordable housing suitable for independent working.February 1918 After a long struggle for women’s suffrage, led by…