Constance Smith (born as Constance Isabella Stuart Smith) (1859 – 1930) was an English novelist and civil servant who published on working conditions and labour legislation.
Constance Smith | |
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| Born | Constance Isabella Stuart Smith 16 June, 1859 |
| Died | 26 March, 1930 England? |
| Alma mater | King's College, London |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist and civil servant |
Early life
editSmith was born in London on 16 June 1859 to Reverend Hinton C. Smith and educated in Belgium; Germany; and King's College, London.[1][2]
Career
editBetween 1889 and 1901, Smith authored nine novels.[3]
From 1913 onwards, Smith served in several capacities as a civil servant inspecting labour conditions for women and children and in factories. She received an OBE for her work.[1] In 1926, she received a Civil Pension 'in recognition of her valuable services in promoting and advancing social welfare.'[4]
Smith published The Case for Wages Boards in 1905 and collaborated with other women social workers including Gertrude Tuckwell, who wrote her memoir.[2]
Administrative titles
edit- HM Senior Lady Inspector of Factories, 1913–21
- Joint Secretary of Women's Employment Committee (Ministry of Reconstruction), 1917–19
- HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, 1921–25
- Technical Adviser to British Government Delegates at First Conference of International Labour Organisation, Washington, 1919, and Fifth Conference, Geneva, 1923
- Joint Hon. Secretary Committee on Wage-earning Children
- Member of the Industrial Law Committee
- Four times a British Delegate to the Biennial Conference of International Association for Labour Legislation[1]
Bibliography
editFiction
edit- The Repentance of Paul Wentworth (1889)
- The Riddle of Lawrence Haviland (1890)[5]
- One Way of Love (1892)
- A Cumberer of the Ground (1894)[6]
- The Backslider: A Story of Today (1896)
- Prisoners of Hope (1898)
- Love Hath Wings (1899)[7]
- The Magic Word (1900)
- Corban (1901)[8]
Non-fiction
editAs well as numerous journal and periodical articles, Smith authored:
- The Case for Wages Boards (1905)[9]
- (with Gertrude Tuckwell) The Workers' Handbook (1908)
- (with Gertrude M. Tuckwell, Mary R. MacArthur, May Tennant, Nettie Adler, Adelaide Mary Anderson, and Clementina Black) Women in Industry from Seven Points of View (1909)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Smith, Constance Isabella Stuart, (died 26 March 1930), HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, 1921–25". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U217219. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ a b Tuckwell, Gertrude M. (1931). Constance Smith: A Short Memoir. Duckworth.
- ^ "Author: Constance Isabella Stuart Smith". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1926). Parliamentary Papers. H.M. Stationery Office.
- ^ Smith, Constance Isabella Stuart (1890). The Riddle of Lawrence Haviland. A Novel. R. Bentley & Son.
- ^ Smith, Constance (1894). A Cumberer of the Ground. Harper & Brothers.
- ^ Smith, Constance (1899). Love Hath Wings. Isbister.
- ^ Smith, Constance Isabella Stuart (1901). Corban.
- ^ Smith, Constance Isabella Stuart (1908). The Case for Wages Boards. National Anti-Sweating League. ISBN 978-0-7222-1867-9.