The Women
Who Built Bristol: Volume Three
Who said there are not many women in Bristol’s history? Not me, that’s for sure!
Following on from the 500 women already profiled in Volumes One and Two of this popular series, ANOTHER 250 extraordinary (yet, often, ordinary) women will be featured in Volume Three: due out in March 2025, in time for International Women’s Day.
The women profiled include: the two girls thrown over the Clifton Suspension Bridge by their desperate father (spoiler alert: they survived); the prominent portrait photographer with strong suffrage ideals; the women who lived in a cemetery for more than 100 years; the greengrocer who sold the very first bananas in Bristol… and a woman who quite literally built (bits of) Bristol by virtue of owning a building company. Plus 243 others.
“I always look forward to a new book by Jane Duffus but am bowled over with volume three of The Women Who Built Bristol. Her detailed research uncovers the stories missed and sometimes ignored by others. And the books are always so wonderfully readable. This is an education and a joy. ”