Irene Lovelock
Founder of the British Housewives' League
About Irene Lovelock
Lived 1896 – 1974 (aged 78). Irene Lovelock was a founder.
Irene May Lovelock (26 May 1896 – 9 August 1974) was the founder of the British Housewives' League.
Early life She was born Irene May Northover Smith on 26 May 1896 in Wood Green, London, the elder daughter of an ironmonger, William Northover Smith (1864–1953), and his wife, Florence Minnie Heath (1869–1943). She was educated in Margate and Finchley, and at the Birmingham School for Young Ladies. Its membership was more than 70,000 in 1948. The League ran a newsletter named ‘Housewives Today’ which looked mainly at the types of food available during rationing.
Personal life Her husband was a Church of England clergyman, the Revd John Herbert Lovelock (1903–1986), and they had three children.
Lovelock died at St George's Hospital, Tooting, London, on 9 August 1974.
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Irene Lovelock was born on 17 January 1896.
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