Elizabeth: the feisty feminist
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Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy
Early women’s rights, education for girls and the vote for women – Elizabeth led the way.
For over 50 years Elizabeth significantly influenced many laws relating to women’s rights.
Her strong belief in women as equals and her determination to see women recognised in law fired her energy, even when her life was hard.
Latest Postings
Welcome to my posts. They explore Elizabeth’s work in depth and then move into the related topics of equality and Moravian Church history.
Anna’s story: equality and leadership
How Anna became a leader and supported equality throughout her life.
Anna’s story: life as a refugee
Anna becomes a refugee at the age of 10. Along the way they face many challenges and life is hard. Finally, they settle in the new village of Herrnhut.
Anna’s story: her young life
Anna Nitschmann and her young life. At nine, she was torn away from a beautiful countryside as her family became refugees. Here we look at what led to that hard decision to leave behind all they knew and move into the unknown.
