Helena Mercier

Helena Mercier
Born	(1839-10-17)17 October 1839 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	1 February 1910(1910-02-01) (aged 70) Amsterdam
Occupation	Social worker
Known for	Writings on feminism and social welfare; establishing Amsterdam’s first community kitchen; promoting social housing and adult education; inspiring development of first school of social work in the Netherlands
Spouse	Unmarried

Helena Mercier (1839–1910) was a Dutch social-liberal feminist, a social reformer, a writer, and one of the founders of the idea of social work in the Netherlands.