Bruton School for Girls recently welcomed Dr Helen Pankhurst, women’s rights activist and great-grandaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, as the guest speaker for its annual end of year Speech Day. Helen’s address to the girls centred on the importance of their education giving them freedom of choice for their futures. She challenged them to think about how they would like to be remembered, using the...
Women’s rights
Girls, staff and parents from Bruton School for Girls joined the mass participation artwork ‘PROCESSIONS 2018’ in London on Sunday to celebrate 100 years since women first gained the right to vote. The huge human artwork involved over one hundred thousand girls and women, with pupils displaying artwork created with artist Dorcas Casey as part of Somerset Art Works. Headmistress Nicky Botterill...