The Women Who Built Bristol

THE WOMEN WHO BUILT BRISTOL: VOLUME ONE
Published: SPRING 2018

Containing 250 inspiring women, three sheroic dogs and one heartbroken barmaid from Easton. The Women Who Built Bristol is a bursting compendium of brilliant women who helped to shape Bristol into the vibrant city it is today. From pin makers to police chiefs, from workhouse inmates to lord mayors, this book shows that Bristol was built by women. Also contains 30 brand new illustrations.

THE WOMEN WHO BUILT BRISTOL: VOLUME TWO
Published: AUTUMN 2019

Behind every strong city, there is an even stronger army of women creating the bricks with which to build it. In volume two of The Women Who Built Bristol, we meet a further 250 inspiring females who fought tooth and nail to shape our city and the wider world. Olympians rub shoulders with boot makers; suffragists stand beside grocers; scientists are as one with artists.

Includes one washed up whale, two plucky daredevils, 38 women called Mary and 1,955 donated eggs. And much, much more besides. Also contains 30 brand new illustrations.

THE WOMEN WHO BUILT BRISTOL: VOL THREE
Published: SPRING 2025

Who said there are not many women in Bristol’s history? Not me, that’s for sure! The women profiled include: the two girls thrown over the Clifton Suspension Bridge by their desperate father (spoiler alert: they survived); the prominent portrait photographer with strong suffrage ideals; the women who lived in a cemetery for more than 100 years; the greengrocer who sold the very first bananas in Bristol… and a woman who quite literally built (bits of) Bristol by virtue of owning a building company. Plus 243 others.