Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameMargaret Thyra Barbara SHORE SMITH LATER SHORE NIGHTINGALE, 7865
Birth1872
Death1945
Notes for Margaret Thyra Barbara SHORE SMITH LATER SHORE NIGHTINGALE
Barbara, Lady Stephen (1872-1945) was an
English educational writer and
Florence Nightingale's cousin.
She was born Margaret Thyra Barbara Shore Smith (later Shore Nightingale). Margaret studied History at
Girton College, Cambridge, 1891-1894. In 1904 she married
Harry Lushington Stephen, later Sir Harry Stephen (1860-1945). In
India with her husband 1904-1913, she founded the
Women Graduates Union in
Calcutta for the benefit of professional women coming to India. She was a member of Girton College Council 1913-1932, Governor of Girton College 1913-1938, and a generous benefactor of Girton Library.