The Guild of Play was founded by Dame Grace Kimmins (1871–1954) and others from the

Passmore Edwards Settlement The Mary Ward Centre is an adult education college in Stratford, London. History The centre was founded by Mary Augusta Ward, a Victorian novelist and founding president of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League, better known by her married ...

to provide structured play for city girls.

Objective

To provide a civilising influence away from the city streets by reviving the old Merrie England idealised lifestyle.

Related organisations

*The Bermondsey Settlement *The Chailey Heritage *The Guild of the Poor Brave Things *The

Related people of influence

John Passmore Edwards John Passmore Edwards (24 March 1823 – 22 April 1911)ODNB article by A. J. A. Morris, 'Edwards, John Passmore (1823–1911)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 200 accessed 15 Nove ...

Millicent Garrett Fawcett Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (; 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English political activist and writer. She campaigned for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, women's suffrage by Law reform, legal change and in 1897–1919 led Brita ...

Hugh Price Hughes Hugh Price Hughes (8 February 1847 – 17 November 1902) was a Welsh Methodist clergyman and religious reformer. He served in multiple leadership roles in the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He organised the West London Methodist Mission, a key Me ...

and wife Katherine * Lord Llangattock * Mary Neal *

Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence (; 21 October 1867 – 11 March 1954) was a British women's rights activist, suffragist and pacifist. Early life Pethick-Lawrence was born in 1867 in Clifton, Bristol as Emmeline Pethick. He ...

(sometimes written ''Emmeline Pethick'', or with the hyphen omitted) * Mary Ward *

Brian Kimmins Lieutenant General Sir Brian Charles Hannam Kimmins, (30 July 1899 – 15 November 1979) was a British military commander who served as the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District. Military career Kimmins was born in Hendon, Middl ...

External links

Grace Kimmins and Playwork
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