Geraldine Cadbury

Geraldine Southall Cadbury
Geraldine Cadbury by Thomas Bowman Garvie
Born
Geraldine Southall

29 June 1864
Birmingham, England
Died30 January 1941 (aged 76)
NationalityBritish
Alma materQuaker school, The Mount, York
Occupation(s)Writer and reformer
SpouseBarrow Cadbury
Children3
Parents
  • Alfred Southall (father)
  • Anna Strangman Grubb (mother)

Dame Geraldine Cadbury, DBE (née Southall; 29 June 1864 – 30 January 1941)[1] was a British Quaker, author, social and penal reformer. Geraldine was one of the first women in Birmingham to become a magistrate. From 1923, she chaired the justices’ panel in the Children's Court of Birmingham. In the 1930s she assumed prominent positions on several Home Office Committees and International Associations.[1]

  1. ^ a b Roberts, Sian (2013). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Cadbury, Dame Geraldine Southall: Oxford University Press.

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