Kitty Wilkinson
Kitty Wilkinson (Catherine Wilkinson, born in Londonderry, 1786[2]-1860[3]) was an Irish immigrant "wife of a labourer" who became known as the Saint of the Slums.[3] In 1832, during a cholera epidemic, Wilkinson took the initiative to offer the use of her house and yard to neighbours to wash their clothes, at a charge of 1 penny per week,[4] and showed them how to use a chloride of lime to get them clean. She was supported by the District Provident Society and William Rathbone. In 1842 Wilkinson was appointed baths superintendent.[1][5]
In 1910 "The Life of Kitty Wilkinson" was published by Winifred Rathbone which provided a more accurate story of her life than previously available in "Catherine of Liverpool" in Chambers' Miscellany, Vol III.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Rathbone, Herbert R. (1927), Memoir of Kitty Wilkinson of Liverpool, 1786-1860: with a short account of Thomas Wilkinson, her husband, H. Young & Sons
- ^ http://www.stjamescemetery.co.uk/kitty.htm
- ^ a b "'Slum Saint' honoured with statue". BBC News. 4 February 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8499533.stm.
- ^ Ashpitel 1851, pp. 2–14
- ^ Wohl, Anthony S. (1984), Endangered lives: public health in Victorian Britain, Taylor & Francis, p. 73, ISBN 9780416379501
- ^ Rathbone, Winifred (1910), The Life of Kitty Wilkinson, a Lancashire heroine, Henry Young, Liverpool, pp. 67 , British Library record SYS:003043899
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1786 |
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1860 |
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