Not another one! Yep, it turns out there really is no shortage of amazing women from Bristol’s past to remember and celebrate. Volume three of The Women Who Built Bristol brings you 250 fresh faces from the city’s illustrious past who deserve to be remembered for myriad reasons. This volume pays special attention to the working women of Bristol.

There are guaranteed to be plenty of wims up your alley in here, including: a wartime welder, a suffragist photographer, a market gardener matriarch, a former editor of Vogue, a feminist strongwoman, a globe-trotting astronomer, and several shopkeeping sisters who defied the odds. Oh, and the indefatigable Miss FM Townsend, who is depicted on the front of this book beneath her enormous hat which functions as the foundation for all of the 250 women and girls of Bristol included in these pages.

“The Women Who Built Bristol is a treasure-trove of information. Packed with detail, it tells of some well-known women and many others who are real discoveries. A wonderful book to have by my side.”
Professor Evelyn Welch, Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol

“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. I use them all the time in my work on Bristol.”
Andrew Kelly, author and festival director

“Another rich, inspiring, and fascinating collection - Jane Duffus has done it again! Celebrating women’s lives and stories and bringing to light their personal, political, and public impact on local communities and the city. So much chewy history here to enjoy and reflect upon.”
Dr Naomi Paxton, historian and comedian