Constance Smith

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.

Early life Smith was born in London on 16 June 1859 to Reverend Hinton C. Smith and educated in Belgium; Germany; and King's College, London.

Career Between 1889 and 1901, Smith authored nine novels.

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.

Smith published The Case for Wages Boards in 1905 and collaborated with other women social workers including Gertrude Tuckwell, who wrote her memoir. One Way of Love (1892) A Cumberer of the Ground (1894) The Backslider: A Story of Today (1896) Prisoners of Hope (1898) Love Hath Wings (1899) The Magic Word (1900) Corban (1901)

Non-fiction As well as numerous journal and periodical articles, Smith authored: The Case for Wages Boards (1905) (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)