Janet Harvey Kelman (18 April 1873 – 15 November 1957) was a Scottish writer and illustrator. She was also director of a YWCA training college in Selly Oak, Birmingham.[1][2]
Life[edit | edit source]
Janet Harvey Kelman was born in Leith, Scotland, on 18 April 1873, the daughter of Margaret Harper Urquhart and John Kelman, a reverend. Her brother, John Kelman, became a United Free Church of Scotland minister, and a published writer.[2]
In 1923, Kelman published Labour in India: A Study of the Conditions of Indian Women in Modern Industry. The work was based on sixteen months Kelman spent in India, funded by a research fellowship from Selly Oak Colleges.[2][3]
In 1926, Kelman was appointed director of the newly opened YWCA training school for leaders in social and religious work, in Selly Oak, Birmingham.[1]
As well as works on natural history, Kelman published books on Christianity.[2]
Janet Harvey Kelman died on 15 November 1957, and was buried at Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh.[4]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Stories from Chaucer: Told to the Children (London, 1906)
- The Story of Chalmers of New Guinea (London, 1906)
- The Sea-shore: Shown to the Children (London, 1907)
- Butterflies and Moths: Shown to the Children (London & Edinburgh, 1909)
- Flowers: Shown to the Children (London, 1910)
- Trees: Shown to the Children (London, c. 1910)
- Labour in India: A Study of the Conditions of Indian Women in Modern Industry (London & New York, 1923)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Training for the Y.W.C.A." The Advertiser. South Australia. 13 April 1926. p. 19. Retrieved 21 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Janet Harvey Kelman | Historical SciArt". 28 June 2023. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ↑ Kelman, Janet Harvey (1923). Labour in India: A Study of the Cconditions of Indian Women in Modern Industry. Robarts - University of Toronto. London: G. Allen & Unwin; New York: G.H. Doran.
- ↑ "Deaths". Birmingham Daily Post. 18 November 1957. p. 6.