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Herts Hidden Heroines Project

  • Annie Swan, Suffragette
    Annie Swan, Suffragette
    Annie Swan, Journalist & Suffragist.
  • Audrey Collins OBE, Cricketer
    Audrey Collins OBE, Cricketer
    Audrey Collins OBE, The Pioneer of Women’s Cricket and a Trail Blazer for women.
  • Audrey Peattie, 1950's NHS Pathology Technician
    Audrey Peattie, 1950's NHS Pathology Technician
    Audrey Peattie, helped pioneer pregnancy tests.
  • Æthelflæd, Warrior Queen of the Mercians, 10th Century
    Æthelflæd, Warrior Queen of the Mercians, 10th Century
    10th Century Warrior Queen: Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians.
  • Barbara Follett, Member of Parliament
    Barbara Follett, Member of Parliament
    Read about: Barbara Follett MP, Government party transformer & Founder of networks & groups supporting women into government.
  • Boudicca and her daughters, 30- 61 AD; the Terrorist – or freedom fighter?
    Boudicca and her daughters, 30- 61 AD; the Terrorist – or freedom fighter?
    Come and read about the brave warrior Queen of the Iceni, Wife & Mother: Boudicca.
  • Christina of Markyate, Religious Visionary.
    Christina of Markyate, Religious Visionary.
    Christina of Markyate Priory & Prioress of St. Albans
  • Dame Elizabeth Fuller, Education Pioneer.
    Dame Elizabeth Fuller, Education Pioneer.
    Watford's Elizabeth Fuller (1644–1709) founder of a Free School.
  • Dame Ellen Terry, Actor
    Dame Ellen Terry, Actor
    Dame Ellen Terry, was considered the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain.
  • Dame Juliana Berners, Writer
    Dame Juliana Berners, Writer
    Juliana Berners: English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting.
  • Dame Margaret Tuke, Academic/Educator
    Dame Margaret Tuke, Academic/Educator
    Hitchin Born Margaret Tuke.
  • Delarivier Manley, Journalist
    Delarivier Manley, Journalist
    Delarivier Manley: 17th Century Author, Play-write and "a journalist in the making".
  • Dolly Shepherd, The Pioneering Edwardian Lady Parachutist
    Dolly Shepherd, The Pioneering Edwardian Lady Parachutist
    Meet Dolly Shepherd, The Edwardian Parachutist, Trapeze Artist, Hot Air Balloon Jumper.
  • Dr Gladys Margaret Proudlock Dunbar
    Dr Gladys Margaret Proudlock Dunbar
    Dr Gladys Margaret Proudlock Dunbar, dedicated Dr to the People of Royston.
  • Dr Mary Groves Rowe MBE
    Dr Mary Groves Rowe MBE
    Dr Mary Groves Rowe MBE established the first St Albans and City and District Hospice Care Team.
  • Dr Miall-Smith, The Welwyn Garden City Doctor
    Dr Miall-Smith, The Welwyn Garden City Doctor
    Dr Miall-Smith, The First Female Welwyn Garden City Doctor.
  • E. Margaret Burnside, Midwifery Inspector
    E. Margaret Burnside, Midwifery Inspector
    E. Margaret, Hertfordshire's first Chief Health Visitor and Midwives Trainer
  • Eileen Soper, Artist and Illustrator
    Eileen Soper, Artist and Illustrator
    Eileen Soper, Artist and Illustrator of Enid Blyton's Famous Five books.
  • Eleanor Ormerod, Leading Entomologist.
    Eleanor Ormerod, Leading Entomologist.
    A Victorian Gentlewoman with a Passion for Entomology.
  • Elisabeth Hudson, Disability Campaigner
    Elisabeth Hudson, Disability Campaigner
    Elisabeth Hudson, St Albans Campaigner & Charity Worker.
  • Elizabeth Baker, Playwright and Suffragette.
    Elizabeth Baker, Playwright and Suffragette.
    Elizabeth Baker, Playwright and Suffragette.
  • Elizabeth Impey, Suffragette
    Elizabeth Impey, Suffragette
    Elizabeth Impey, Hitchin's Suffragette, Demonstrator & Protester.
  • Emily Davies, Suffragette & Founder of Britain’s First Women’s College.
    Emily Davies, Suffragette & Founder of Britain’s First Women’s College.
    Emily Davies, Founder of Britain’s First Women’s College.
  • George Eliot, Author
    George Eliot, Author
    The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch Author spent a Summer in Rickmansworth.
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