Janie Hampton (born as Anderson, 14 March 1952) is a British author, best known for her biography of Joyce Grenfell and social history books The Austerity Olympics, How the Girl Guides Won the War, and an international development and women's health activist.
[5] In 1980, the Hamptons moved to Zimbabwe,[6] where she studied for a BA in Human Sciences,[7] wrote books and articles on health issues,[8][9] and was the Women's Editor of the Manica Post.
In 2016, Hampton began to connect activists, practitioners, politicians, researchers and individuals around the world working to improve menstrual health.
Compared to washable cloths or single use pads or tampons, they found cups more comfortable, cheaper, safer and more environmentally sustainable.
[2] Hampton wrote a "History Girl" blog every month with articles on a range of subjects including Elizabeth Fry,[34] hammock exercise,[35] and great women such as Victorian novelist and philanthropist Felicia Skene.
[36] Hampton has been a journalist in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda[37] and was interviewed about the history of the Olympic Games in London on various radio stations and television channels, including BBC Breakfast[38] and Newsnight.