davison: Only males being allowed at Chiswick, it was never contemplated that a female might claim the scholarship, he had ruled The society discovered the story while sifting through its archives and is trying to discover more about her fate, according to The Guardian. Did she carry on fighting did she carry on into horticulture and make a living that way ' Fiona Davison, from the RHS archives, told the BBC. I'm really curious to know what happened to Miss Harrison This weekend the unsung voices of other groundbreaking women are being heard for the first time at London's Leadenhall market the result of painstaking research. The greenfingered Miss Harrison won a chance to train at the society in Chiswick by gaining top marks in its annual exam, but was blocked by its head, the Rev William Wilks. The words of Mary Frith Moll Cutpurse the 17th-century pickpocket, and Hester Pinney, an 18th-century businesswoman, will be brought together today for an audio performance called City of Women. Writer Veronica Horwell, whose work forms the basis of the show, followed a chain of footnote references to find, among others, the lost story of Valerie Thompson. Alongside will be the thoughts of forgotten suffragettes, abused servants and fearless financiers.
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