Lucy Fryer Morland
English humanitarian campaigner
About Lucy Fryer Morland
Lived 1864 – 1945 (aged 80–81).
Lucy Fryer Morland (1864–1945) was an English headmistress and humanitarian campaigner.
Early life She was born on 12 June 1864 in Croydon, the eldest of fourteen children of Charles Morland, an umbrella manufacturer, and his wife Jane, née Fryer. Educated at The Mount School, York, she won a scholarship to study Arts at Bedford College, London, gaining a BA in 1885.
She worked as a high school teacher in Croydon, where she served on the School Board from 1897–1922. In 1905 she and Ellen Crickmay set up a voluntary programme to provide free school meals, which formed the basis of a ‘dining room for mothers’ scheme in World War I.
In 1920–1 she did humanitarian work in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
She died in 1945.
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Who was Lucy Fryer Morland?
English humanitarian campaigner (1864–1945)
When was Lucy Fryer Morland born?
Lucy Fryer Morland was born on 12 June 1864.
When did Lucy Fryer Morland die?
Lucy Fryer Morland died in 1945.
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