This new walk celebrates a wide range of Brighton women from the theatrical, medical and legal professions, businesswomen, campaigners and reformers, and a secret agent. Many were involved in the fight for women’s rights, and the walk features four plaques commemorating the centenary of the first extension of women’s suffrage in 1918. Read more…
We had a very good turnout for BHWHG’s annual Xmas dinner this year! A splendid meal was enjoyed by all with new and old members catching up and enjoying the festive cheer. We have an exciting itinerary planned for the coming year and look forward to welcoming new members to Read more…
Three members of our group, from left to right Sue Delafons, Jean Calder and Maria, attended the Mayor’s reception at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel on Friday 10th May 2024, to celebrate the outgoing Mayor Councillor Jackie O’Quinn’s year in office. We met Victoria Garcia from Brighton & Hove Bus Company, who kindly Read more…
Statues Where To Be A Woman You can’t be what you can’t see, so where are all the statues of women? In some places there are many more sculptures of men – and even animals. In their quest to learn from women around the world, Scaachi Koul and Sophia Smith Read more…
Mary Hare, was a pioneer campaigner for the deaf and founder of a special school on the same site. Mary was also a suffragette and established a Women’s Police force in Brighton during the first World War. Congratulations to our member Margaret Stewart, a former pupil of Mary Hare School, Read more…
It was designed by Emma Winterbottom. Find links to her beautiful design work at: https://the-dots.com/users/emma-winterbottom-1221661
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…
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…
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…
