The walking tour that highlights the powerful women who helped make Liverpool the city it is

July 20, 2024

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As it was International Women’s Day yesterday (March 8) and it is Mother’s Day tomorrow, (March 10) it felt like the perfect time to go on a walking tour that highlights powerful women throughout Liverpool’s history.

Liverpool Famous Walking Tours is a company that takes people, whether that be tourists or curious Liverpool locals, on different routes across the city, shedding light on the impact women made on different parts of the city’s history. This includes a Beatles walking tour, a Best of Liverpool culture tour, and the ECHO previously covered their Pride-themed walking tour last July.

Their newest tour, named ‘Inspirational Women From Liverpool’s Past & History’, was brought in for International Women’s Day, but will be continuing across the year.

My tour began in the Anglican Cathedral. We headed into the depths of the building, where I was able to gaze up at the Noble Women windows, which depict women who have majorly contributed to society, including Kitty Wilkinson [who became known as the Saint of the Slums in Liverpool during a cholera epidemic in 1832] and Elizabeth Fry [a campaigner for the rights of prisoners, particularly female inmates, later known as the ‘Angel of Prisons’].

Next, we headed down to St James Cemetery. It was fascinating to hear stories about many of the women whose gravestones were there, including Kitty Wilkinson, whose grave was previously desecrated by vandals.

Another famous Liverpool landmark we headed to was ‘A Case History’, the sculpture otherwise known as the Hope Street Suitcases. Of all the names etched onto each of the suitcases, very few are women. One notable name that does feature is Margaret Simey, who was a tireless political activist throughout the twentieth century.