Unsung women emerge from the footnotes of history
(The Guardian Books News)

Movement to restore `lost´ historical figures to prominence gathers pace with new investigations and eventsThe search for a gifted gardener cheated of a scholarship with the Royal Horticultural Society in 1898 because she was female was under way this weekend - just one of a number of efforts to move notable women from the footnotes of history.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. `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. Continue reading...