Women in Cambridge

At a meeting in Cambridge to form a branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association in 1917, there were 4 women on the promotion committee. Women already working for various patriotic groups could be Honorary Members…

The excerpt is from ‘Cambridge WWI – Something to Remember’ by Eris Parker. The entire booklet can be viewed by appointment. Details about Cambridge Museum’s Research Services are available here.    Five Nurses left from…

Pioneering for women (in the colonial sense) has only recently been addressed – possibly from the insurgence of family history research. Our Cambridge women were doing their bit to colonise their new home and as…