Janie Hampton was born on as Anderson, 14 March 1952 and 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.
17 Facts About Janie Hampton
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Janie Hampton is the penultimate daughter of the author Verily Anderson and the playwright Donald Anderson.
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Janie Hampton's siblings include the author Rachel Anderson and the television producer Eddie Anderson.
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Janie Hampton was married to Charles Hampton from 1971 to 2023 and has four children and six grandchildren.
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Janie Hampton's customers included musician Robert Plant and author Louisa Young.
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Janie Hampton's thesis was on the health and development of pre-school children, researched while living in the remote Honde Valley, Zimbabwe.
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In 1991, the British Overseas Development Administration commissioned Janie Hampton to develop its policy on international women's health.
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Janie Hampton then planned reproductive health projects in Africa, South America and Asia for governments and non-government organisations.
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In 1992, Janie Hampton was elected onto the founding committee of Writers in Oxford and became its chair in 2003.
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Janie Hampton is an Associate Member of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
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In 2016, Janie Hampton began to connect activists, practitioners, politicians, researchers and individuals around the world working to improve menstrual health.
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Janie Hampton promotes menstrual health through the media, including an essay for Aeon ideas website and for World Menstrual Day.
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Janie Hampton has written articles for various newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The Times, Independent, Spare Rib, Total Politics, New Statesman, Sunday Telegraph, and The Author.
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Janie Hampton wrote a "History Girl" blog every month with articles on a range of subjects including Elizabeth Fry, hammock exercise, and great women such as Victorian novelist and philanthropist Felicia Skene.
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Janie Hampton has been a journalist in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and was interviewed about the history of the Olympic Games in London on various radio stations and television channels, including BBC Breakfast and Newsnight.
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Janie Hampton has spoken at Cliveden House, The Oldie literary luncheons, The World Literacy Summit and many literary festivals.
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Janie Hampton continued to write about health issues throughout the 1990s and was increasingly successful as an author of social history.