The undercover vagrant who exposed workhouse life
Mother-of-four Mary Higgs went undercover to expose the awful conditions in the early 1900s.
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Mary Higgs
British social reformer and writer
Mary Ann Higgs OBE, born Mary Ann Kingsland (1854–1937) was a British writer and social reformer who was associated with the town of Oldham and housing for women. Her works include Oldham's Garden Suburb and the Twentieth Century New Testament.
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