Women at Kew Gardens

Many women joined Kew Gardens when men had to leave to join the war effort. Some of Kew's female staff are shown here in 1942. Back row (l-r) Jessie F Pedgrift, Violet M Clark, Jean E Sharps, Freda Mundy. Middle row (l-r) Olive Horder, Minnie May Hill, Kathleen D Cornford, Diana A Hutchinson, Netta Shallcross, Else M Jensen, Jean M Thompson, Eileen Fergusson Kelly. Front row (l-r) Constance O Bell, Myrtle V Speake, Brenda C Watts, Eileen Plummer, Betty Cooper, Barbara M Tarver, E Victoria Paine, Mary A Canning, Eunice B King.