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 →
Eva Lett: Wakefield Educator and College Principal
2021-06-07
Eva Lett, the Wakefield-born educator who became the first woman Principal of Ripon Diocesan Training College in 1930.Read More →
Gertrude McCroben: Pioneering Wakefield Headmistress
2021-06-04
Gertrude McCroben, the pioneering Headmistress of Wakefield Girls’ High School who championed sport, science and the arts in education.Read More →
Margaret & Ellen Gissing: Pioneering Wakefield Schoolteachers
2021-05-26
Margaret and Ellen Gissing, the Wakefield sisters who founded a boys’ preparatory school and helped pioneer football in education.Read More →
Mary Frances Heaton: A Forgotten Woman of Wakefield
2021-05-12
Mary Frances Heaton, a Victorian music teacher confined to an asylum after challenging authority, and the creative work preserving her story.Read More →