Rachel Waterhouse
Dame Rachel Waterhouse, DBE (born 2 January 1923) is a local historian of Birmingham and the West Midlands of England, consumer affairs activist and writer.
She has been chairman of Consumers' Association, and a member of the National Consumer Council and of the Health and Safety Commission.[1] She was a member of the group which resurrected the Lunar Society around 1990 and became its founder Chairman.
She became a founder member of The Victorian Society in 1958 and was instrumental in setting up the Birmingham Branch in 1967, becoming its first Chairman between 1967 - 1971.
She was president of the Birmingham and Midland Institute for 1992.[2]
Written works
- Birmingham and Midland Institute, 1854-1954
- Children in hospital : a hundred years of child care in Birmingham
- A hundred years of engineering craftsmanship, a short history tracing the adventurous development of Tangye's Limited, Smethwick, 1857-1957
- King Edward VI High School for Girls, 1883-1983
- Six King Edward schools, 1883-1983
- The 1990s and a Christian response to consumerism
- The Birmingham and Midland Institute, the Institute's contributions to Birmingham 1855-2005
Joint authorship:
- How Birmingham became a great city (jointly with John Whybrow)
- Birmingham one hundred years ago - social and political life and cultural life (jointly with Charles Parish)
References
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