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OUR UNEARTHED WOMEN

Here are some of the historical women discovered by our Research team on our journey to create a fierce new stage play.

 

Thanks to current Dorset actors for bringing the women to life at 'Wine with our Women' - our latest fundraising event. 

ANN WINZOR - Gemma Cataldo, MARY SPENCER WATSON - Tamsin Fessey, MARINA RUSSELL - Sharon Cox Button, CHRISSIE SQUIRES - Ursula Goodall, LILIAN BADER - Perwina Whitmore, SAINT JUTHWARA - Matilda Sansom, HILDA COLES - Ruth Hayes, IRON AGE WOMAN - Lisa Linscott, THIRZA JEFFORD - Katherine Jee, ALICE RUSSELL - Fran Sansom, MARY FRANCES BILLINGTON - Sinead Gannon, VIOLET CROSS - Hazel, ELIZABETH JESTY - Imogen Sayer.

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Photographs by Jayne Jackson Photography 

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HILDA COLES           40s. B.1907. D.1987. Museum curator.

 

SAM                           23. B. 2002. Graduate.

 

ALICE RUSSELL       60. B. 1385. D.1451. Fought to inherit her land. 

 

MARINA RUSSELL   50s. B. 1834. D.1915. Folk singer.

 

ELIZABETH JESTY   50s. B. c.1736. D.c1816. First to be vaccinated.

 

JUTHWARA               8th century. A young headless saint. 

 

VIOLET CROSS        B. 1891. D.1989. Nursed in France.

 

LILIAN BADER          B. 1918. D. 2015. First Black woman to join The                                          Navy.

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CHRISSIE SQUIRE   B. 1894. D? 24. Painted eggs and sent to the front                                    line in 1918. 

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THIRZA JEFFORD    B.  1854. D? Intent to steal a loaf of bread, one                                          month in Dorchester Prison. 

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MARY BILLINGTON  B. Founder of The Echo, writer and traveller.

 

SULIS                        20s. A woman from the Iron Age, unearthed in                                         Bournemouth – victim of human sacrifice –                                               movement, rather than spoken word.

 

RUTH                        Sam’s mother.

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