Ruth Cavendish Bentinck

Founder of the Cavendish Bentinck Library, Ruth was involved with the National Federation of Women Workers and the Fabian Society. She was also a keen supporter of the women’s suffrage movement.

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Vera Douie

During her 41 years at the Women’s Library, she had developed it from a few bookcases for the use of members into a major research collection.

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