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Henrietta Carey

Early Life
She was born in August 1844 in Nottingham. Her parents were Henry George Carey and Catherine Carey. She had 4 sisters - Lucy Ann Carey, Mary Eliza Musson, Fanny Catherine Carey, Katie Watson Wallis, and 2 sisters - Robert Fredrick Carey and William Henry Carey.

Occupations
Henrietta was associated with the Nottingham Town and Country Social Guild and with the Nottinghamshire Convalescent Homes. The guild provided blanket loans, ran a girls club and a cheap dinner scheme for children She was a companion of the guild of St George, this meant that she donated one tenth of her income to them. She was also a founder of Nottingham's Kyrle Society. She was very active in charitable support work during the First World War. She was very involved in the National Council of Women of Great Britain who provided a platform for women who worked mostly in a voluntary capacity, their aim was the 'social, moral and religious elevation of their own sex'.