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Women of Peterborough Tour

Women of Peterborough Tour
Start Date: 20 Jul 2008
End Date: 20 Jul 2008
Event type: Walking, Tour
Age Range: All ages
Time: 2pm
Costs: Child Price less than £5
Website: http://www.peterborough.gov.uk
Contact email: museum@peterborough.gov.uk
Venue: Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery
Street: Priestgate
Town: Peterborough
County: Cambridgeshire
Postcode: PE1 1LF
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Description
In a Women of Peterborough Tour you will learn about a queen, a war heroine, a nurse, a butter seller, a Saxon princess, a woman who tried to introduce inoculation long before anyone else ... rich and poor, eccentric and humble, find out about the women who touched the life of this city with this fascinating walk.

Discover the story Lady Mary Wortley Montague, who brought a method of inoculating people against the killer disease Smallpox back from her remarkable travels in Turkey. Find out the truth behind the propaganda in the story of Edith Cavell, a nurse who was shot for helping British soldiers escape from behind enemy lines during World War I.

These and many more remarkable stories will be told on this walk.
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