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A book charting the histories of 4 remarkable women who were born, lived or died in Dronfield.
Sarah Outram, born in Dronfield in 1868, spent 47 years as a teacher and local councillor. Her story gives an insight into what it was like being a woman of authority in the late Victorian and early Edwardian periods.
Charlotte Mary Ward, born in Barnsley in 1889, into a humble grocer’s family but in time would become one of the wealthiest women and landowners in Dronfield and the surrounding villages.
Olive Adlington, born in Dronfield in 1921, into a shop keepers’ family. Became one of the few WRNS to come from Dronfield during World War II and spent the wars years in a secret establishment in Liverpool working in intelligence.
Edith Gregory, born in Hull in 1921 to a barrel maker. She moved to Dronfield 4 years later where she became part of the Women’s Land Army during World War II but lost her life whilst on active service.
