Following the passing of the 1918 Act of Parliament approximately 40% of women in the UK gained the right to vote. These women were mainly older, wealthier, married women, and millions of younger, poorer women were still excluded, including all of these women who were known to be working in the ceramic and iron industries across the Ironbridge Gorge at the time.
WORKERS AT COALBROOKDALE
Winnie Hall, 17. Munitions Worker during the War
Annie Florence Stafford, 28. Typist
Sarah Mackaw, 27. Typist
Jane Price, 77. Office Cleaner. Widow.
WORKERS AT JACKFIELD
Margaret Ethel Boden, 36. Tile Presser
Hanah Bowen, 22. Mosaicist
Edith May Cleobury, 23. Mosaic
Nellie Dickens, 21. Encaustic Tile Worker
Agnes Dood Yates, 49. Decorated Tile Rubber
Edith Jane Dudley, 22. Tile Rubber
Caroline Sarah Evans, 27. Mosaicist
Martha Evans, 23. Mosaicist
Rebecca Evans, 36. Encaustic Tile Brusher
Rose Evans, 27. Tile Dipper
Fanny George, 31. Tile Paintress
Esther Goring, 27. Majolica Paintress (Art Ware)
Edith May Harrison, 23. Mosaic Worker
Hannah Harrison, 32. Mosaic Worker. Maw & Co
Edith May Hughes, 23. Mosaicist
Agnes Humphries, 33. Paintress in Tile Works
Emma Humphries, 36. Mosaics
Rebecca Leans, 43. Tile Presser
Elizabeth Legge, 35. Mosaicist
Alice Rebecca Lloyd, 22. Encaustic Tile Burnisher
Roseanna Lloyd, 51. Encaustic Tile Presser
Eleanor Perks, 29. Encaustic Tile Burnisher
Mary Perks, 23. Tile Placer
Caroline Poole, 47. Mosaic Worker
Ada Potts, 24. Mosaic
Hilda Quinn, 27. Mosaicist
Margaret Smith, 42. Mosaicist
Horrie Taylor, 22. Mosaic Worker
Ellen Thomas, 43. Cook and Office Cleaner at Encaustic Tile Works
WORKERS AT BROSELEY
Elizabeth Beddow, 20. Pipe Trimmer
Polly Beddow, 22. Pipe Trimmer
Amelia Buck, 49. Box Maker
Ellen Edwards, 19. Pipe works
Annie Jones, 47. Tobacco Pipe Packer
Elizabeth Lee, 35. Pipe Maker
Eliza Jane Mainwaring, 72. Pipe Maker
Mary Mason, 27. Pipe maker
Emily Owen, 31. Pipe Trimmer
Hannah Shaw, 62. Pipe Maker
WORKERS AT COALPORT
Annie Abbots, 22. Painter
Emma Aston, 36. Paintress
Harrie Austin, 20. Apprentice Paintress
Bertha Beddow, 23. China Burnisher
Gertie Beddow, 20. Printer on China
Alice Birbeck, 26. Paintress
Elsie Birbeck, 27. Print Transferor
Nellie Birbeck, 23. Warehouse Labouring
Emily Hannah Boden, 25. Biscuit Room
Annie Bowen, 55. China Placer
Annie Clay, 23. Painter cutter
Ethel Clay, 26. Gilder
Alice Cleobury, 22. Painter
Eveleyn Edith Cullis, 28. Warehouse Woman
Edith Annie Davies, 28. Paintress
Nellie Davies, 25. Paintress
Mary Dudley, 25. Burnisher
Betsy Ann Edge, 63. Chinaware Cleaner
Sarah Charlotte Ellis, 31. China Stamper
Amy Evans, 25. Burnisher
Emily Evans, 23. Painter
Lucy Jane Evans, 24. Gold Burnisher
Lydia Annie Evans, 28. Burnisher
Eliza Fennell, 76. Burnisher
Edith Lucy George, 27. China Decorator
Florence Elle George, 32. China Decorator
Laura George, 36. China Decorator
Elsie Beatrice Goodwin, 22. Paintress
Rose Goodwin, 23. Paintress (Art Ware)
Winnifred Kate Goring, 21. Paintress
Lily Groves, 32. Burnisher
Sarah Elizabeth Groves, 34. Ground Layer
Annie Harris, 29. Printer on China
Rose Hannah Harrison, 73. China Cleaner
Martha Ann Headly, 22. China Gilder
Edith Eleanor Hurdley, 25. Burnisher
Jane Ellen Jones, 32. Burnisher
Emily Jones, 23. Burnisher
Emma Jones, 28. Paintress
Martha Jones, 23. China Decorator
Martha Jones, 43. China Cleaner
Mary Elizabeth Jones, 67. Biscuit Securer
Nellie Jones, 21. China Painter Cutter
Ethel Lewis, 32. Caretaker Coffee Rooms
Sarah Lewis, 33. Painter
Sarah Llewellyn, 46. Printers Transferor
Elsie May Lote, 21. Painter
Mabel Maud, 37. Painter
Edith Ellen Moreton, 30. Paintress
Elizabeth Moreton, 36. Gold Grinder
Frances Moreton, 25. Warehouse Woman
Gertrude May Moreton, 28. Warehouse Woman
Violet Ann Moreton, 33. Paintress
May Eliza Morgan, 26. China Painter
Annie Mullard, 53. Biscuit securer
Martha Mullard, 21. Paintress Transferor
Annie Edith Oakes, 26. Burnisher
Ellen Oliver, 23. China Cleaner
Alice Oswell, 25. Burnisher
Jane Parker, 25. Burnisher
Elsie Maggie Powell, 25. Printer
Rosehannah Preece, 29. Burnisher
Edith Maud Richards, 29. China Paintress
Sarah Ann Richards, 23. Colour Grinder. John Rose & Co
Emma Smallman, 26. Printers Department
Emily Winifred Somerton, 24. Paintress
Ann Soulsby, 72. China Sorter
Elizabeth Stewart, 22. Transfer cutter
Ada Stokes, 43. Printer
Annie Taylor, 25. China Printers Assistant
Henrietta Taylor, 25. Burnisher
Winifred Taylor, 22. Paintress (Art Ware)
Mary Jane Thomas, 25. China Stamper
Ellen Tranter, 40. China Scourer
Beatrice Wilkinson, 24. China Burnisher
Jane Wilkinson, 20. Painter
May Wylde, 21. Burnisher
May Yates, 22. Painter
Alice York, 36. China Works Examiner
