Doris Lester
Born
Verona Doris Lester

(1886-07-28)28 July 1886
Leytonstone, England
Died14 February 1965(1965-02-14) (aged 78)
RelativesMuriel Lester (sister)

Verona Doris Lester (28 July 1886[1] – 14 February 1965) was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. She was the sister of Muriel Lester.[2][3][4][5] Doris Lester was responsible for founding Children's House and Kingsley Hall in Bow East London with her sister Muriel[6][7] Doris Lester worked with Muriel, but was not the international figure that her elder sister Muriel was.[8] She received a telegram from Muriel in 1941 about her imprisonment in Trinidad.[9] She played an active part in the management of Kingsley Hall, including the postwar period.[10]

Doris Lester's papers are part of an archive currently held at the Bishopsgate Institute in London.[11][12]

Publications

  • The Challenge of the Adolescent Girl (Intermediate Department Papers. no. 3.) 1921 by Verona Doris Lester
  • Jesus: Leader of Men (Teachers and Taught Text Books on Religious Education.) 1923 by Verona Doris Lester and Alice Muriel Pullen
  • Pictures of God. Hints for Sunday School teaching on the nature of God 1921 by Verona Doris Lester and Alice Muriel Pullen
  • Some Problems and Needs of the Intermediate Boy and Girl (Intermediate Department Papers. no. 4.) 1922 by Verona Doris Lester

References

  1. ↑ 1939 Register
  2. ↑ swarthmore.edu
  3. ↑ MURIEL LESTER, 1883-1968 Baptist Saint? from biblicalstudies.org.uk
  4. ↑ Two Sisters and the Cockney Kids by Lylie Valentine, Club Row Press
  5. ↑ blueplaqueplaces.co.uk
  6. ↑ The Match Girl and the Heiress by Seth Koven, published 2015, ISBN 0691158509, Princeton University Press
  7. ↑ architecture.com
  8. ↑ BBC
  9. ↑ mjohansenblog.wordpress.com
  10. ↑ Pinterest - Bishopsgate Institute
  11. ↑ Bishopsgate Institute
  12. ↑ "Muriel Lester at Bishopsgate Institute". Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.


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