on Hughenden Road in Horfield, Bristol in 1904, would go on to become one of the most famous and best-loved movie actors in the world. Don’t be surprised if his name does not ring a bell. The world knows him better as Cary Grant. He carved out a unique niche as the charming and funny gentleman that everyone loves in such movies as Bringing Up Baby, To Catch A Thief and An Affair To Remember. Although Grant would later on assume American citizenship, he never forgot his roots and would frequently return to Bristol to check on his mother.
Bristol’s women would also cast a great shadow on the city’s historical and cultural landscape. One of the most popular is Bristol’s adopted daughter, Mary Carpenter. Born in Exeter in 1807, Carpenter was greatly concerned with the suffering of Bristol’s school children during the 19th century. In response, she established a night school for street children and authored a book entitled “Juvenile Delinquency,” which was an important reference during deliberations that led to the passage of the Juvenile Offenders Act of 1854. That year, Carpenter also set up a reform school for girls.
Meanwhile, a local lady, Elizabeth Blackwell, would go on to become the first female doctor in history and is credited with breaking down the barriers for women in medicine. She was born in Counterslip, Bristol in 1821 and would immigrate to New York in 1831. Blackwell saved her own money and, when she was old enough, she enrolled in medical school and would later graduate as an MD.
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