Category: Elizabeth Garnett
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Workers’ rights advocate honoured with blue plaque
Leeds Civic Trust has unveiled its 205th blue plaque to commemorate Elizabeth Garnett, who championed workers’ rights and pioneered social reform in Victorian Britain. Garnett co-founded the Navvy Mission Society and helped to improve working conditions for labourers who carried out major civil engineering projects in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Otley, Yorkshire, Garnett’s…