Doctor, decorator, prisoner, politician, militant suffragette and mathematical genius. Sue’s Bloomsbury walk explores the life and legacy of the extraordinary women of the Garrett family.
Millicent led the non-violent suffragists, Elizabeth was the first woman to qualify in England as a doctor, Louisa favoured direct action to get the vote and ran a military hospital in WW1, Agnes and Rhoda established a top interior design company, close friend Fanny was a landscape gardener, Philippa a brilliant mathematician and Amy set up a progressive school.
Gower Street is at the heart of the walk – home to four of the Garrett women and their close friends Fanny Wilkinson, the first female landscape gardener, and her sister Louisa. Number two now sports twin plaques: seventy years after Millicent was commemorated, Agnes and Rhoda now have their own plaque.
Join Sue on 16th May to hear their stories, see the places they lived and worked, some of the institutions they created and learn about the legacy they left. Details and booking at the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-tour-the-garretts-of-gower-street-tickets-1296032019659