Isabella Ford (1855-1924) was a remarkable woman who dedicated her life to campaigning for equality and peace. It was therefore no surprise when Leeds Civic Society unveiled a blue plaque in her honour last year at Adel Grange, where she lived from 1865 to 1922. The unveiling was performed by Frank Ford. Frank’s mother Ursula was Isabella’s great-niece and is a member of Adel Meeting.

Isabella was the youngest daughter of a well-to-do Quaker family. Her father Robert Lawson Ford was a solicitor. In the late 1850s Robert and his wife Hannah started and taught at a night school for mill girls, believed to be the first in the country. Several years later Isabella was to teach there.

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