Eileen Normington (1917 to 2019) Plymouth born Eileen was one of the first women police officers in the revival of women police in the Plymouth force – joining shortly after declaration of war in 1939, aged 22. She worked throughout the war as one of the Women’s Auxiliary… Read More »Eileen Normington
Evelyn Elizabeth Latham Initially one of the Police Court Missionaries in Plymouth at the start of the interwar era, Miss Latham subsequently became a Plymouth Probation Officer for women and girls. A key theme she promoted through her work was that girls were not solely… Read More »Evelyn Elizabeth Latham
Mrs. Florence E. Drake JP (1878-1939) Another early magistrate, she was also an active member of the Plymouth Co-operative Society, especially working with the women’s branch.
Inspector Audrey Canney She was one of Plymouth’s earliest policewomen, and rose to become Inspector of the two-woman police department in the Plymouth City force which had been created in the Great War and survived until 1921, when it was ended as part of a cost-cutting measure… Read More »Audrey Canney
Mrs John Buller-Kitson JP (1859-1944) Born Agnes Carus-Wilson, she married Rev John Buller-Kitson. She became one of the early women magistrates in the South West in 1922, serving as a Devon County magistrate before resigning in 1941. In 1926, she also became a Plymouth JP, taking… Read More »Agnes Buller-Kitson
Judge Miranda Robertshaw Her Honour Judge Robertshaw was appointed the Designated Family Judge for Devon 9 September 2014 hearing family law cases at the Plymouth Combined Court – High Court and County Court
Justice Louise O’Neill A member of the Western Circuit, she was appointed in 2016 to the Plymouth Combined Court and the Torquay and Newton Abbot County and Family Court.
Jane Lister A solicitor, she was the first woman President of the Plymouth Law Society, elected in 1994. Jane was a partner in the old-established firm of Foot and Bowden now Foot Anstey where she was promoted to Senior Partner 2008-2012
Miss Mary Ellen Conday The first woman solicitor in Plymouth. She became articled to Mr F Edgar Bowden, a partner in Foot, Bowden and passed her final law examination in April 1936. She was a member of the Plymouth Soroptomists. In September 1940, she married… Read More »Mary Ellen Conday
Sheila Snellgrove A figure of significance in the Plymouth cultural arena, and a trained actress, she and her team founded the Barbican Theatre company in 1980, as a charity enterprise which could involve young people in ways that would let their voices be heard in ways that would… Read More »Sheila Snellgrove