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Her Salisbury Story
Author : Liz Batten
Celebrating over 230 years of Girls’ Education in Salisbury on World Teachers Day
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
Launch of Her Salisbury Story Website
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
Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Margaret was a portrait painter who painted the great and the good including Ada Lovelace, pioneer of computer programming
Martha Cranmer Oliver
Martha or Patti as she was also known was an well known actress and theatre manager described as ‘…one of the most refined and accomplished actress[es] of her day’.
Becky Twigg
Becky Twigg is an organic gardener with a passion for the natural world who created the Secret Garden in Salisbury
Lady Edith Hulse
The first female mayor of Salisbury and only the third woman to become a mayor in England Edith was a philanthropist
Launch of Her Salisbury Story
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