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'She went with the Friends War Victims Relief Committee to France and Poland during world war one.' Photo: Hilda Cashmore (1876-1943)

Described by the Bristol Civic Society as ‘a remarkable feminist and social reformer’, Hilda Cashmore helped found the ‘university settlement’, where the poor could access a range of services.

Blue plaque for Hilda Cashmore

Described by the Bristol Civic Society as ‘a remarkable feminist and social reformer’, Hilda Cashmore helped found the ‘university settlement’, where the poor could access a range of services.

by Rebecca Hardy 31st March 2023

Bristol Friends have helped fund a blue plaque to remember a pioneering Quaker community worker.

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