Women / Persons ~ P19712
Kitty Wilkinson
Alternate Names:
- Catherine Seaward
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 1786 – 11 November 1860
Types:
- English
- Irish
- Model of overcoming urban poverty
- Nursing reform
Note: recognized in Liverpool (given a silver tea service) for her care in cholera outbreak; wash houses and laundry. Tommy Wilkinson was a fellow worker in a cotton mill in their childhoods. He was her second husband; first, a sailor, drowned. Irish hospitality included adopting orphans and taking families into her home.