Women in the Heritage

This page is dedicated to opinions, comments, memories and anecdotes concerning women who have played an influential role in the heritage. Contributions are very welcome,and should be sent to Christopher Catling, the website editor (ccatling @ sal.org.uk>).

As a separate initiative, but spurred to new momentum by the Society’s Women in the Heritage day, a group of heritage professionals led by Ela Palmer is planning to establish a Women in Heritage forum, providing a platform by which women at various stages of their career can access information and get in contact with other women and peers in a variety of heritage organisations and networks. Further details can be found on the WiH website, where you will find a statement of aims, contact details and a short questionnaire designed to guage the level of support for this initiative.

Further extensive resources relating to the subject of women in archaeology can be found on the Brown University Breaking Ground project website.

Clicking on the links below will take you to the relevant page on this website.

Anna Mary Hawthorn Kitson Clark (Mrs Derwas Chitty) 1905-2005, contributed by Stephen Briggs, FSA

Aileen Fox 1907 – 2005, contributed by Henrietta Quinnell, FSA

Helen Maybury Roe 1895 - 1988, contributed by Aideen Ireland, FSA

Veronica Seton-Williams 1910 - 1992, contributed by Peter Clayton, FSA

Mary Finch 1923 - 2007, written by Nicholas Bennett, FSA, and recommended by Rod Ambler, FSA, of the Lincoln Record Society

Daphne Lorimer and Dorothy Marshall, contributed by Caroline Wickham-Jones, FSA

Barbara Craig 1915 - 2005, contributed by Lisa French, FSA

Anne Buck 1910 - 2005, contributed by Ann Saunders, FSA

'Gathering Roses', on recording archaeological memories and influences, by Pamela Jane Smith, FSA