11th December, 1914

20 women and children of the poorest type...

Lilian Spender

Political observer, philanthropist and wife of Wilfred Spender

Anyone who knows the Irish poor, will realise what the room - a small one - was like, with 15 or 20 women and children of the poorest type (all with shawls over their heads) and no windows open until I begged for it!*

* Attending her first Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association meeting in East Belfast.