International Women’s Day

Women at Home and at Work 1 Minute

On International Women’s Day we remember some of the remarkable women who have contributed to Swindon’s history and now lie buried in Radnor Street Cemetery.

Read all about – Edith Whitworth – Mrs Great Heart

Read all about – Harriett Annie Veness – political activist

Read all about – Alice Arman

Read all about – Lydia Fry – For Services Rendered

Read all about – Joanna C. Lay – silent, quiet and faithful worker

Read all about – Elsie Wootten White – Wartime Volunteer

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I am a local historian and writer researching the history of Radnor Street Cemetery in Swindon. I have written three books - Struggle and Suffrage in Swindon: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality published by Pen and Sword and The Ladies of Lydiard and West Swindon - What the eye doesn't see written in collaboration with Angela Atkinson and Roger Ogle both published by Hobnob Press.

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