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Poppy Wingate: Temple Newsam’s Golfing Pioneer
Featured, Social History, Temple NewsamPoppy Wingate was England’s first professional woman golfer, and she began her career right here at Temple Newsam.

Alicia Walton and the Role of the 19th Century Superintendent of Nurses
CollectionsWhile looking for objects associated with Leeds General Infirmary, Rebecca Fallas was drawn to a picture of this kindly looking but clearly formidable woman.

Gertrude Bray ‘The Home Specialist’
(OLD) 20th century, (OLD) Abbey House Museum, (OLD) Archive, (OLD) Behind the Scenes, (OLD) Collections, (OLD) Leeds History, (OLD) Local History, (OLD) VolunteeringGertrude Bray was a female builder in Leeds in the early 1900s.