Another guardian was Sarah Ward Andrews who had formed a group to encourage women to stand for these positions of responsibility.
[1] The Charity Organization Society was inspired to target work at the deserving poor whilst trying to avoid creating an expectation of dependency.
For instance her sister was told by the male members of the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants that the women on the committee might assist with finding positions for female paupers.
[1] In November 1888 she and her sister Mary attended the first meeting of what would become the Women's Local Government Society at Sarah Amos's house.
Lidgett was a Poor Law Guardian in St Pancras for nearly forty years and she continued always to support the Women's Local Government Society.