Lucy H. (Lucy Helen) Yates

Lucy Helen Yates (1863–1935) was a British writer and journalist from Basford, Nottinghamshire. She began contributing short stories and practical articles to The Girl’s Own Paper and other periodicals, later publishing books on cookery, housekeeping, family life, and country living. Her works included The Profession of Cookery from a French Point of View, The Management of Money: A Handbook of Finance for Women, Modern Housecraft, In Camp and Kitchen, and The Country Housewife’s Book.

Yates was also active in the women’s suffrage movement. In 1907, she left the Women’s Social and Political Union to join the more democratic Women’s Freedom League, writing and speaking about the organization’s aims and about women’s financial independence. She worked as a journalist, including for the Daily Mail, and continued publishing until her final book appeared in 1934, shortly before her death in 1935.