Eliza was born in 1856 into a working-class family in the mill town of Droylsden, Manchester. She was one of six children of Mary and James Ridgway, who was a carpenter and joiner. In the...
Ann Eliza Chase was born at Westminster in 1848, the only child of Eliza and Norman Henry Chase. Her mother was just 23 years of age when she died soon after giving birth to Ann....
Frances Mary Sim was an early pioneer in Kindergarten methods and became first Head Mistress of the Kindergarten and founder of the Teacher Training College in Bedford. At some stage in the 1850s, Frances left her...
Ellen Frederica Oliver was born on 16th July 1870 in Guernsey, one of nine children. Her background was perhaps a common one for middle-class women who became interested in equality for women. Both her parents were...