Alice Bacon, Baroness
2023-07-17
Baroness Alice Bacon, one of Labour’s first women MPs, was a supporter of progressive reforms in UK law, and championed state schools. Read More →
Alice Gostick, Artist & Art Teacher
2024-03-26
Alice Gostick, an influential Castleford art teacher who taught Henry Moore and Albert Wainwright and inspired a nationwide pottery movement.Read More →
Ann Clarkson, Suffragist & Social Reformer
2021-11-19
Ann Clarkson (1800–1888) was a Wakefield suffragist and social reformer whose lifelong commitment to improving the lives of people and animals left a lasting mark on the city. A member of the Unitarian Chapel in Wakefield, Ann became actively involved in its social and political causes. Clara Clarkson, Ann’s cousin,Read More →
Ann Hurst, Journalist and Abolitionist
2021-05-12
Ann Hurst: Wakefield’s first female newspaper owner; abolitionist; supporter of medical provision for womenRead More →
Barbara Woodward née Briggs
2026-08-11
Barbara Briggs was a Wakefield-born watercolourist, illustrator and women’s rights advocate. Discover her life from Wakefield to Canada.Read More →
Blue Plaques for Women
2018-09-19
Explore the blue plaques of the Forgotten Women of Wakefield. Discover the remarkable women whose lives helped shape the history of our city.Read More →
Clara Clarkson: Wakefield Suffragist & Diarist
2019-12-09
Clara Clarkson, Wakefield suffragist and diarist whose surviving journals reveal her life, relationships, and campaign for women’s rights.Read More →
Denise Ramsden: Wakefield Olympic Sprinter
2023-11-06
Denise Ramsden, the Wakefield sprinter who represented Great Britain in the women’s 4 × 100m relay at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.Read More →
Edith Grace Mackie, Wakefield Philanthropist
2021-05-26
Edith Grace Mackie, a Wakefield philanthropist whose lifelong generosity supported local schools, churches, charities and people in need.Read More →
Edmonstone Sisters: The Charles Waterton Legacy
2023-03-15
Anne, Helen and Eliza Edmonstone: sisters whose lives, family history and legacy were closely connected with Charles Waterton of Walton Hall.Read More →