Helen Bosanquet, née Dendy (1860–1926) was a social theorist and social reformer.

She is most recognizably known as one of the leaders of the Charity Organisation Society

Charity Organization Society

The Charity Organization Societies also called the Associated Charities was a private charity that existed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a clearing house for information on the poor. The society was mainly concerned with distinction between the deserving poor and undeserving poor...

 in Britain. She was also the wife of philosopher Bernard Bosanquet

Bernard Bosanquet (philosopher)

Bernard Bosanquet was an English philosopher and political theorist, and an influential figure on matters of political and social policy in late 19th and early 20th century Britain...

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She was a major influence on the Majority report (Poor Law)

Majority report (Poor Law)

The Majority report was a report published by the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws published in 1909. The Royal Commission on the Poor Laws was a group set up to work out the best way to relieve the poor...

, which was published in 1909, which was one of two documents that arose out of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09

Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09

The Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905-09 was a body set up by the British Parliament in order to investigate how the Poor Law system should be changed...

. The other report being the Minority report (Poor Law)

Minority report (Poor Law)

The Minority report was one of two reports published by the Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1905-09, the other being Majority report. Headed by the Fabian socialist Beatrice Webb, it called for a system that was radically different from the existing Poor Law...

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Her influential English translation of Christoph von Sigwart

Christoph von Sigwart

Christoph von Sigwart was a German philosopher and logician. He was the son of philosopher Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm Sigwart .-Life:...

's Logic appeared in 1895.

Early Life

Helen Bosanquet was the daughter of the Reverend John Dendy and obtained first class honours in the Moral Sciences Tripos at Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College, Cambridge

Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1871 by Henry Sidgwick, and was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College...