Rosemary L Caldicott

Rosemary L. Caldicott is an educator, public speaker, and acclaimed writer specialising in social history, with a particular focus on the lives of working-class women throughout history. Renowned for her compelling books and articles, she brings forgotten narratives to life with depth and insight. As secretary of BRHG, Rosemary has played a role in shaping the group’s historical publications, and contributing extensively to its body of work including “The Life and Death of Hannah Wiltshire: A Case Study of Bedminster Union Workhouse and Victorian Social Attitudes on Epilepsy” (2016) (2025 Acta play), “Lady Blackshirts: The Perils of Perception – suffragettes who became fascists” (2017), and “Nautical Women: Women Sailors and the Women of Sailortowns: A Forgotten Diaspora, c.1693 – 1902” (2019). Her latest work, “Voyage of Despair: The Hannibal, its Captain, and All Who Sailed in Her, 1693-1695” was published in March 2024.