Laura Jane Palmer

Laura Jane Palmer, née Laura Jane Oakes, is a British activist who is a fundraiser and the deputy director of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in the West Indies. She resides in Nassau in the Bahamas.

Description
An unassuming brunette, Laura Jane is a small, slightly thick-set woman with a friendly disposition. An active participant in the white-dominated high society of Nassau, she frequently holds soirees in her residence, where there is often poetry, always music - and occasionally some covert fundraising for her cause.

Just because Mrs. Palmer is genial and not aggressive about her beliefs, though, does not mean she doesn't hold them strongly.

Life
Laura Jane Oakes was born in 1872, the daughter of Paul Oakes, a professor of literature at Oxford. As such, while she was not allowed to study at Oxford due to being a woman, she is nonetheless very well-read and learned.

Family
Laura Palmer married Winston Palmer, a staffer in the Colonial Office, in 1895. They have two children.