International Women’s Day 2021

27 February 2021 Elizabeth’s Group has released a new video for International Women’s Day 2021! Chair Susan Munro talks about her hero Elizabeth and explains her importance in the development of women’s rights. Without Elizabeth, women would not be able to own property in their own name, vote, hold office or keep the money we …

Author Kate Mosse describes Elizabeth as “a great woman”

28 January 2021 Author Kate Mosse has launched a #WomanInHistory campaign on Twitter asking for nominations for the woman in history who inspires you. Of course, we had to nominate Elizabeth Elmy for her outstanding work and Kate replied with “A great woman, really great to have her nominated.” Thanks Kate, we agree!

Graham Group builders donate towards our Elizabeth statue

27 January 2021 A big thank you to the builders of the link road in Congleton – Graham Group – for their generous donation of £2,000 towards our Elizabeth Elmy statue. Now we have our sculptor Hazel Reeves on board, it’s full steam ahead to reach our fundraising total and this will certainly help! If …

Sculptor announced – Hazel Reeves to sculpt our Elizabeth statue!

21 January 2021 We are so excited to announce that we have our sculptor! The fantastic Hazel Reeves – who sculpted the bronze Emmeline Pankhurst statue sited in Manchester – has agreed to sculpt our Elizabeth statue. Here is a video of Hazel talking about the process involved in creating the Emmeline Pankhurst statue:

Talking Elizabeth: “Jane Percy” (based on a true story)

11 November 2020 Our second “Talking Elizabeth” video has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. Group trustee Heather Watson brings to life the story of Jane Percy, a performer in Aldershot who is tragically affected by the Contagious Diseases Act of 1864. Elizabeth campaigned – along with Josephine Butler – to repeal this Act. Find …