100 Years of Equal Voting Rights for Women | Wakefield 2028
2026-09-28
Wakefield’s plans for the 2028 centenary of equal voting rights for women: a Florence Beaumont sculpture, events, talks & exhibitions.Read More →
Barbara Woodward (née Briggs): Artist, Illustrator, and Women’s Rights Advocate
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 →
Florence & Gwendoline Beaumont, Millicent Fawcett
2026-03-26
Discover Florence & Gwendoline Beaumont & Millicent Fawcett, pioneering feminists honoured with a blue plaque at Hatfeild Hall, Wakefield.Read More →
Ann Clarkson, Suffragist & Social Reformer
2021-11-19
Discover Ann Clarkson, Wakefield suffragist, social reformer and animal welfare campaigner who signed the historic 1866 Suffrage Petition.Read More →
Staynes Sisters: The Siege of Quebec Street, Wakefield
2021-06-07
How the Staynes sisters sheltered conscientious objectors in the 1918 Siege of Quebec Street in Wakefield, and defended their right to safety.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 →
Florence Beaumont: Wakefield Suffragist
2021-05-12
Florence Beaumont, a Wakefield suffragist commemorated by blue plaques, and explore broadsheets and artwork celebrating her life.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 →