Beatrice Chamberlain

Beatrice Chamberlain (25 May 1862 – 19 November 1918) was a British educationalist and political organizer.

Life Chamberlain was born in Edgbaston in 1862. Her father was Joseph Chamberlain, a local industrialist who later became Mayor of Birmingham and a Cabinet minister and was, for roughly thirty years until he suffered a stroke in 1906, one of the most consequential figures in British politics. Her mother was Harriet Kenrick, Her early education was at Edgbaston High School for Girls. As a girl Beatrice dominated her shyer brother Austen. Her brother, Austen, went on to win a Nobel Peace Prize, her half-brother Neville would be the Prime Minister who declared war on Germany, and her half-sisters all had long, notable lives.