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[[File:May Tennant - Women Wanted.jpg|thumb|200px|May Tennant ''ca.'' 1918]]

'''Margaret Edith (May) Tennant''', [[Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] (1869 &mdash; 11 July 1946), née '''Abraham''', born in [[Rathgar]], [[County Dublin]], Ireland, was a [[civil servant]], [[trade union]]ist, [[factory inspector]], and campaigner, who worked to improve conditions for industrial workers and was also involved in women's health and education.  She was one of the first people to be appointed to the [[Order of the Companions of Honour]] in 1917.<ref name=ahdobw>((cite book|last=Hartley|first=Cathy|title=A Historical Dictionary of British Women|year=2003|publisher=Routledge|pages=423|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pDtEe4FKolUC&dq=Margaret+Mary+Edith+Tennant&pg=PA423|isbn=9781857432282))</ref><ref>((London Gazette|issue=30250|supp=y|date=24 August 1917|page=8799))</ref>

==Early life==
She was born in Rathgar, County Dublin, and educated at home. Following her father's death in 1887, she decided to move to London in search of employment.

==Trade unionism==
In London she became secretary to [[Emilia, Lady Dilke]], who was a leader of the Women's Trade Union League,<ref name=odnb>Serena Kelly, "Tennant, Margery Mary Edith Josephine Pia (1869–1946)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004</ref> an organisation of which Tennant became treasurer. She supported the [[London Dock Strike of 1889]] and helped organise [[laundress]]es.

In 1891 she was appointed to the Royal Commission on Labour, set up to investigate the poor conditions faced by industrial workers, as one of 4 women assistant commissioners.<ref name=odnb/>

==Factory inspector==
[[H. H. Asquith]] decided to appoint women [[factory inspector]]s in 1893, and she was one of his first choices, soon superintending a team of 5 women inspectors.  In this position, she was known for her good humour which helped relations with factory managers.<ref name=ahdobw/>  In 1895, she joined the Departmental Committee on Dangerous Trades.  She wrote a book on factory legislation in 1896, ''The Laws Relating to Factories and Workshops, Including Laundries and Docks''.

==Marriage==
In 1896 she married [[Harold Tennant]], brother-in-law of and parliamentary secretary to Asquith, and chairman of the Departmental Committee on Dangerous Trades. She resigned in 1897 shortly before the birth of her first son, to devote herself to her family.  She went on to have five children.  Her eldest son, Henry, was killed in battle in 1917 during [[World War I]].

Her children included:<ref>''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901''. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives, 1901. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.</ref><ref>''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911''. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA) Series RG14, 1911.</ref>

* Henry (b. 1898)
* John (b. 1900)
* Alison Margaret (b. 1904)
* Archibald (b. 1908)

==Later work==
Despite her new family life, she did not give up her work entirely, remaining on the Committee on Dangerous Trades and in 1899 she became chairman of the Industrial Law Indemnity Fund, which provided compensation to victimised workers.  She was on the Royal Commission on Divorce in 1909, and was a founder and treasurer of the Central Committee for Women's Employment.

During World War I, she took on more work: she worked initially for the War Office as welfare advisor, then briefly in the Women's Department of the National Service Department, before moving to the Ministry of Munitions.  After the war, she reduced her workload, but still served on committees on maternal mortality and maternal health. She was also a governor of [[Bedford College (London)|Bedford College]] in London, an institution founded for the education of women that was part of the [[University of London]].  From 1941 she was closely involved in campaigning for the [[Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund]].<ref name=odnb/>

==Private life==
She and her husband bought and rebuilt a country house, [[Great Maytham Hall|Great Maytham]], at [[Rolvenden]], Kent, a property whose old walled garden had earlier been the inspiration for ''[[The Secret Garden]]'' by [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]]. Tennant herself developed expertise as a gardener, becoming prominent in the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]. She died at Great Maytham on 11 July 1946.

==References==
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==Further reading==
[[Violet Markham]], ''May Tennant: A Portrait'', 1949.

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