From Gun Running to Philanthropy. Katherine Low and Her Family

SATURDAY 17 MAY, 12 NOON

From Gun Running to Philanthropy.

Katherine Low and Her Family

Talk by Sean Creighton

as part of 

Katherine Low Settlement 90th Birthday Party
11am-4pm
108 Battersea High St, London, SW11

Sean Creighton, a historian of Battersea and the Settlement, will discuss the life of Katherine Low growing up in the slave State of Georgia, her father’s role in helping gun running through the Northern naval blockade of the Confederacy, the family’s subsequent life in Britain, Katherine’s involvement in the United Girls Schools Mission, which set up and named Battersea’s Settlement in 1924 after her, and her extended family links with the founding of the Girls Guides/Scouts in the United States.

11am. Ceremony to unveil Blue Plaque

commissioned by Battersea Society

Sean will also be running a bookstall particularly to promote the Wandsworth Heritage Festival 24 May-8 June. Full programme is at https://gll-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/asset/attachment/6240/WandsworthHeriatgeBooklet2014.pdf

Further details from sean.creighton1947@btinternet.com