LAWFORD: A village in England where women hold important positions of power.
About 100 years ago, a newspaper, the Westminster Gazette, told its readers about a village run by women. The village was originally Laford, adjacent to Manning Tree and Misley in northeastern Essex. Has anything changed there now?
The influential London newspaper reported in 1925 that the village had "one female postmaster, two more postwomen, one a school owner and the other a church clerk."
But when the paper was discontinued in 1928, the village of Lafford continued to thrive in the modern-day community, and yes, it seems that in this village, with a population of about 4,300, women still have important responsibilities in power. Are handled.
Sally Morris holds two prominent positions: she is the head of the Manning Tree School, a school of about 890 students, and is the co-pastor of St. Mary's Church in the village.
"I became a pastor in 2011 and up to that time there were a lot of women in the church doing all kinds of responsibilities and I never had any problems or disputes," she said.
"However, while people praise my work, I have heard some people say that I do things that are traditionally considered to be for men and that they were brought up in that tradition."
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If they don't agree with any of my actions, they express their disagreement very politely.
The local church where Mrs. Morris is co-pastor has two wardens and two women
"My theory is that men and women are equal, maybe that's what I learned from my family," said Sally Morris. One of my grandmothers, for example, made enough money during World War II to buy a house of her own, which was quite unusual at the time.
It simply came to our notice then. If you wanted to do something, you could have done it. Your sex doesn't stand in your way."
Certainly the girls we see in school have the confidence that I would like them to have, that they can achieve anything and that traditions do not stand in their way."
"Of course there is something in the water here because we have more girls than boys in the group every year."
Former Laford Post Mistress Wall Guglielmi is currently the Chairperson of Laford Parish Council.
The chairman of the Laford Parish Council is Wall Guglielmi, who retired three years ago as a postmistress at Laford and two other branches.
He believed that the reason for the village's long history of female control was that because of being on the main railway line between Norwich and London, many of Laford's men traveled and traveled to work. ۔
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They leave it to us women who have the potential to do it," she said.
Mrs. Guglielmi has six grandchildren, all girls.
She said that as she grew older and waited to see what the future held for her grandchildren, the world was "better now" in terms of gender equality.
Through her involvement in politics, Mrs. Guglielmi encountered another woman who once worked at Lawford, Margaret Roberts.
After graduating in science, Miss Margaret Roberts worked for four years as a research chemist at BX Plastics in Laford, across the River Store from her headquarters in Brantham.
Miss Roberts later married Dennis Thatcher and became Britain's first female Prime Minister as Margaret Thatcher.
Maggie Woods says she grew up in a family with iron-clad women.
There's another powerful Margaret in Lawford these days, though she prefers to be called Maggie. Maggie Woods is the vice chair of the local parish council.
"There's something very interesting about Lafford," said Mrs. Woods.
Mrs. Woods said she grew up in a family of strong women.
"One of my cousins, who lived in Suffolk, ran the post office and the local Methodist chapel, and in every way was a wonderful woman who could not be ignored."
"My grandmother had her own business and she ran a pub in Woodbridge. My mother worked as a supervisor. So I always had a strong foundation to be something.
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Both of the village's primary schools - Lafford Primary and Highfields Primary - are also run by women.
Abby Fairburn was in the military before becoming a schoolteacher.
Abby Fairburn was in the military before becoming a schoolteacher.
She says she never considered Lawford a "women's stronghold." She was aware that two other local schools have female principals, so I guess we have responsibilities in terms of education. But with other women.
Asked about the rise of female role models, Ms Katie Usher said: "If we use our mental strength, we can go out and get anything."
Katie Usher says that as a child she was very impressed with her school teacher. Katie Usher is Deputy Head at Primary School with Miss Fairburn
It simply came to our notice then.
The presence of women in many important positions in the village could affect the self-esteem of young boys in Laford?
Mrs. Asher answers this question in the negative.
"It's because of the balance in our curriculum that it's for both genders and that both boys and girls can develop their mental abilities."
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