Jessie Isabel Henderson

Jessie Isabel Henderson CBE (, 2 October 1866 – 11 January 1951) was an Australian social welfare worker. She was involved in organisations including the Hawthorn Ladies' Benevolent Society, Melbourne District Nursing Society, Housewives' Association of Victoria, National Council of Women of Victoria, Unemployed Girls' Relief Movement and Australian Comforts Fund.

Biography Henderson was born in 1866 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, and was the fourth daughter of shipping merchant Charles Dodwell and his wife Martha Dodwell. She was educated at a girls' academy in Hobart.

Henderson married George Gabriel Henderson on 24 February 1891 at St. Columb's Church in Hawthorn, Melbourne. They had six children. After the war, she chaired meetings to educate women about the League of Nations.

Henderson was a member of the National Council of Women of Victoria, becoming president in 1921 for a year long term. The Movement founded sewing centres and a jam factory to provide employment. She died in 1951 in Hawthorn, Melbourne and was buried in Boroondara Cemetery.