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Congratulations to our Woman of the Month for July, Janet Axten - Researcher, Writer, and Lecturer. After many years specialising in the history of the St Ives area and the artists who lived and worked in the local community, Janet Axten now concentrates on researching the women who worked in the textile industry in West Cornwall. She is also an inaugural member of the recently created ‘Crysede Collective’. The Collective brings together curators, specialists, students, and makers from across Cornwall to celebrate the working processes of the Crysede Silk Company (1918-1953) which was based in St Ives between 1926 and 1939. We've noticed there really aren't many (if any) statues of women around Cornwall - who would you like to see remembered? I think that women who have made a positive impact in their community should be remembered by having buildings or rooms named after them. Then, when events take place in those venues, their names are continuously recalled. In this way a greater number of women can be honoured. Superb thought Janet! Read our full interview here.
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