London’s 1000th official blue plaque was unveiled last week, in a location just off Strand in central London. The latest addition to the London blue plaques scheme marks the former London headquarters of the suffragist organisation, the Women’s Freedom League (WFL). While working from this building, the WFL advocated the Read more…
3rd October 2023 The BHWHG had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon delivering our first talk to the Ageing Well Festival at Hove Library. We had a full attendance, plus some enthusiasts who turned up hoping there was room for a few more…we found the room for them! We focused on 4 Read more…
We were delighted to be featured in a 3 page spread in the March addition of Sussex Life. Thanks to Kate Rice for doing the interview and write up. The article talked about our past and present work / research and included photos of the committee; Minnie Turner; Margaret Bonfield; Mary Clarke and Molly Paley. The article was Read more…
We had a useful get together of 7 members on Tuesday 15th November at the Jubilee Library. We discussed some of the jobs that we might research in our new project ‘Working Women in Brighton and Hove in the 20th Century’’ …such as factory workers; laundresses; Women in the hospitality industry and women in service etc. We also talked about area research using the 1911 census in Find Read more…
Our current research project is the ‘Working women of Brighton & Hove in the 20th Century’ project. Our aim is to research and map significant women in Brighton & Hove such as the female workers at Brighton’s once iconic store, Hanningtons, or landladies, publicans and cook’s from the hospitality trade. Read more…
An amazing day for BHWHG! Valerie Mainstone, Debbie Waldon and Maria Hogg presented a petition to Brighton Council to ask for the Brighton Women’s Suffrage (WSPU) banner to be returned to Brighton from Manchester Museum, where it was presently displayed and stored. We presented a petition of nearly 500 signatures. Read more…
In 1921, the brilliant and charismatic Trade Union leader Mary MacArthur died aged 40. In her short life, her activism and leadership had been responsible for raising the awareness of women’s poor working conditions, and encouraging them to speak out against injustice and inequality. Mary MacArthur is perhaps best known Read more…
A sculptor’s brief to commission a new piece of public art of the Dr Elsie Inglis statue was launched on Thursday 28th July 2022. This will be the first statue of a woman on The Royal Mile which currently boasts a dozen honouring men. The ‘a life-and-a-tenth’ size bronze statue Read more…