Photo credits: Mary Alice Douglas (Goldophin School) Joan Popley (Salisbury City Council) Dorothy Lawrence (public domain) June Osborne (Llandaff Cathedral) Becky Twigg (Becky Twigg)
Help us to tell the stories of Salisbury women past and present
Her Salisbury Story is looking for volunteers to help with this exciting project in a variety of ways.
Can you see yourself helping to research historic women or interviewing women of today who have contributed to their local community or wider society? These are two of the volunteering opportunities available.
We are keen to recruit volunteers from a wide variety of communities in the city and nearby towns and villages. To find out more visit our Get Involved page.
You can also nominate a woman to be researched / interviewed using the button below.
Find out about the women who played a significant part in the City’s history from publicans to countesses
Discover the women in today’s Salisbury who are making a difference both locally and in the wider community.
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Dorothy L. Sayers is best known for her detective fiction but she was much more than a popular novelist
By Dr Jane Howells Maria Fawcett (1830-1923) was a member of the Fawcett family prominent in Salisbury. She never married, lived in or near Salisbury
Joan Popley made a bequest property to support the poor of Salisbury which has lasted down the ages
The only English woman soldier in the Royal Engineers 51st Division 79th Tunnelling Co. She is also remembered as the only woman who fought in the First World War disguised as a man.
Mary Alice Douglas was a suffragist, educationalist and headmistress of Godolphin school for more than 30 years
Margaret was a portrait painter who painted the great and the good including Ada Lovelace, pioneer of computer programming
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To mark World Teachers Day on 5 October, we showcase two women from Salisbury’s history who were pioneering leaders in providing education for girls here
We are delighted to be launching the brand new Her Salisbury Story website. We hope you will be interested in the profiles of women of
Her Salisbury Story was officially launched at an all day event at Salisbury’s Guildhall on Sunday 8 March, International Women’s Day. The project has been
