Trailblazers
People who changed the world around them
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire: Quest for Peace
The Quaker nominated for a Nobel peace prize
Buxton, Derbyshire: Where Vera Brittain Trained as a Nurse
Famous author of Testament of Youth, Vera Brittain, turned to medicine for the war effort
Howick, Northumberland: Lady Sybil Grey
From a hospital in her ancestral home to running an Anglo-Russian hospital in Petrograd
Thetford, Norfolk: The Female Town Crier
Florrie Clarke takes over as town crier when her father goes to fight
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire: Female Parachutist and Mechanic
Birthplace of fair-ground parachutist and WW1 mechanic Dolly Shepherd
Harrogate, Yorkshire: Russian Duchess Launched Five Hospitals
Where an Imperial Grand Duchess of Russia created five hospitals during World War One
Whitchurch, Shropshire: Women Police Officers
Where the first women police officers patrolled the streets
Croft Park, Newcastle: Blyth Spartans Ladies FC
A women’s football team that was unbeaten during WW1
Marlesford, Suffolk: Flora Sandes
From vicar’s daughter to army officer – the only female soldier on the front line
Llanfairpwll, Anglesey: First WI in Britain
Establishing the Women’s Institute in Anglesey, and the movement’s role in the war effort
Grantham, Lincolnshire: First Policewoman With Powers to Arrest
The first woman in England to be given the powers to arrest
Glasgow, Scotland: Mary Barbour and the Glasgow Rent Strikes
As men fought at the front, Mary Barbour led the fight against rent rises at home.
Sheringham, Norfolk: The War Artist
Olive Edis was the only official female World War One photographer
