Background
She was the daughter of Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright (sister of John Bright).
She was the daughter of Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright (sister of John Bright).
Her most significant and enduring contributions to Bradford were education and public health. She founded an early hospice, Street Catherine"s and supported a maternity home for young unsupported women, Saint Monica"son After 1900 she was very prominent in West Riding Conservative women"s politics.
Helen Priscilla McLaren was born on 28 October 1851.
She was the daughter of Duncan McLaren and Priscilla Bright. She died on 3 January 1934 at age 82.
Helen Priscilla McLaren was invested as a Member, Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire).
Curiously, Helen increasingly took the opposite political viewpoint of that of her family.