Women in Cornwall is an archive documenting the lives and achievements of women in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Women have made significant contributions to this region. We aim to foreground their stories, moving women from the margins of history to the centre.
The archive currently lists over 600 women and more than 1000 examples of their work. Women in Cornwall offers a compelling counterpoint to ideas of static and traditional regional histories, emphasising the richness and diversity of women’s lives in Cornwall, past and present.
Women in Cornwall runs as a community history hub, with contributions from historians, researchers, enthusiasts and people like you. Click here to suggest a new entry for the archive, submit your own research, or start a conversation.
Women in Cornwall is a core project of The Hypatia Trust.
Painter, sculptor, writer and poet affiliated with the surrealist movement. Leonora Carrington studied art with Amédée Ozenfant in London before falling in love with surrealist artist Max Ernst and joining the surrealist ranks in 1937. After eloping to France with him, she made her way through Spain, Portugal and the United States before settling down in Mexico. She lived there for most of her life – she struck a firm and long-lasting friendship with fellow surrealist artists Remedios Varo and Kati Horna, and married Hungarian photographer Chiki Weisz.