Louisa de Rothschild explained

Louisa de Rothschild (née Montefiore), Lady de Rothschild (28 May 1821 – 22 September 1910), was an Anglo-Jewish philanthropist, and founding member of the Union of Jewish Women.

Born in England, the daughter of Abraham Montefiore,^[1] she married Baron Anthony de Rothschild in 1840,^[2] and was influential and able to push conventions that traditionally bound Jewish women at the time.^{[3] [4]}

She founded the first independent Jewish women's philanthropic associations, the Jewish Ladies' Benevolent Loan Society and the Ladies' Visiting Society in London in 1840.^{[5] [6]}

In 1885, she and Helen Lucas jointly paid for the cost of a nurse to work among the poor who were Jewish. Lucas would pay for two more in 1891 and 1892 and they were encouraged to use a traditional common sense approach to the help and sympathy they offered. Lucas believed that relief workers should give little priority to statistics or paperwork.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Miriam Rothschild . Dear Lord Rothschild: Birds, Butterflies, and History . 1983 . Balaban International Science Services . 978-0-86689-019-9 . 391/.
2. Book: Laura S. Strumingher . The Life & Legacy of Baroness Betty de Rothschild . 2006 . Peter Lang . 978-0-8204-7885-2 . 59– . In 1842, at the age of seventeen, Charlotte followed what was becoming a family tradition by marrying a Rothschild. She married her … The next Rothschild to marry was Hannah's son Anthony, who wed his cousin Louisa Montefiore in 1840..
3. Book: W. Rubinstein . Michael A. Jolles . The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . 22 February 2011 . Palgrave Macmillan UK . 978-0-230-30466-6 . 1598–.
4. Book: The Jewish Quarterly . 22-24 . 1974 . Jewish Literary Trust . In Louisa. Lady de Rothschild (1821–1910), he found a woman of intellect and wide literary tastes. A genuine personal friendship developed between them. It was based upon his respect for her opinions and her admiration for his literary ...
5. Book: Linda L. Clark . Women and Achievement in Nineteenth-Century Europe . 17 April 2008 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-65098-4 . 133– . Lady Louise Rothschild created the first independent Jewish women's philanthropic associations in London in 1840, the Jewish Ladies' Benevolent Loan Society and the Ladies' Visiting Society. Betty de Rothschild became a leader of Jewish ....
6. Web site: Lady Louise Rothschild Jewish Women's Archive. jwa.org. 2016-05-14.
7. Lucas [née Goldsmid], Helen (1835–1918), philanthropist and social worker]. 2020-12-17. 2004. en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/55195.