Verona Doris Lester (28 July 18861939 Register – 14 February 1965) was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. She was the sister of Muriel Lester.MURIEL LESTER, 1883-1968 Baptist Saint? from biblicalstudies.org.ukTwo Sisters and the Cockney Kids by Lylie Valentine, Club Row Press Doris Lester was responsible for founding Children's House and Kingsley Hall in Bow East London with her sister MurielThe Match Girl and the Heiress by Seth Koven, published 2015, , Princeton University Pressarchitecture.com Doris Lester worked with Muriel, but was not the international figure that her elder sister Muriel was.BBC She received a telegram from Muriel in 1941 about her imprisonment in Trinidad.mjohansenblog.wordpress.com She played an active part in the management of Kingsley Hall, including the postwar period.Pinterest - Bishopsgate Institute
Doris Lester's papers are part of an archive currently held at the Bishopsgate Institute in London.Bishopsgate Institute
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
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