In 2019, we successfully campaigned for the unveiling of the Minnie Turner plaque at 13-14 Victoria Road, Montpelier, Brighton. Minnie is of particular interest to us, due to her work acting as both holiday destination and refuge for suffragettes recovering from imprisonment, hunger-strikes
and forcible feeding.
We had a very successful talk at the Friends Meeting House this week as part of the Ageing Well Festival….Our topics included Midwives in Brighton and Hove during the late 19th early 20th century; Elizabeth Read more…
Jeanne Rathbone has lived in Battersea since she was a teenager after immigrating from Ireland in the 1960’s. A practising Humanist Celebrant, and very much involved in local community politics, Jeanne was instrumental in campaigning Read more…
We enjoyed another successful year with our stall at the International Women’s Day Celebrations in the Dome. This year we were delighted to be positioned in the beautiful new Corn Exchange where we were able to Read more…