Helen Kerr

Helen Louisa Kerr (née Howden; 9 March 1859 – 8 February 1940) was a Scottish social reformer.

[1] In 1888, she married George Kerr in Corstorphine[2] She and her husband became involved in the Edinburgh Social Union (ESU), trying to provide affordable housing for students.

[6] The Committee had been established by the Secretary for Scotland, Robert Munro, with the purpose of inspecting houses and making recommendations from the housewife's point of view.

[3] From 1891, she lived at 6 St Colme Street, a large Georgian townhouse on the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh.

[citation needed] Kerr's husband George was a doctor who trained at the University of Oxford.