Dame Muriel Diana Reader Harris
Dame Muriel Diana Reader Harris (1912-1996) Dame Muriel Diana Reader Harris influenced education, the Church of England, and the arts throughout the twentieth century. After
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Frances Stratton
Frances Stratton (1952-2018) Frances Stratton, also known as Fran, was Headteacher of South Wilts Grammar School for Girls from 2003-11. During her time as Head,
Mary Jane Chippendale
Mary Jane Chippendale (1830-1888) Mary Jane Chippendale is an example of a Salisbury woman who rose to fame at the top of her profession despite
Bette Blackwell
Bette was one of thousands of civilian women recruited during World War Two into a secret workforce producing Spitfires1 in factories hidden in Salisbury and the surrounding areas
Jill Furse
Jill Furse was a young actress of rare talent who enjoyed brief success in the late 1930s. Thwarted by both ill health and the Second World War, she was nevertheless determined to live a full and joyful life and is remembered as much for her effect on others as for her acting credits.
Frances Hale
Two of the most striking Victorian buildings in Salisbury were constructed by the business run by Frances Hale
Salome Pelly
Dr Rosa Salome Pelly was a remarkable woman. Daughter of Bishop Wordsworth she read medicine at Oxford combining her career with being mother of 5 children. As well as reading her story you can listen to her daughter Robina talking about her mother’s life
Maria Ridout
Mrs Maria Ridout (née Corp) 1814-188 Mrs Ridout and the Coombe Express by Frank Brooks (1854 – 1937) With kind permission of the Salisbury & South
Ela Countess of Salisbury
Ela of Salisbury has been referred to as a ‘towering female figure’ who left an important legacy that lives on even today, over 800 years later.
Mary Sidney Herbert
Mary Herbert Countess of Pembroke, was one of the most influential literary figures of the Renaissance era
Charlotte Anne Elizabeth Moberly
Charlotte Anne Elizabeth Moberly (known as Annie) 1846–1937 Portrait by Samuel Henry William Llewellyn St Hugh’s College University Of Oxford Annie was the daughter
Margaret Duncan
Margaret Duncan was the first Lady superintendent of Salisbury Training School (later Sarum St Michael)
