He introduced many innovations, including parcel post, postal orders, and licensing changes to permit payphones and trunk lines.
Millicent Garrett Fawcett was born in Suffolk 1847 and married Henry Fawcett in 1867. Millicent was a pioneering campaigner for women’s rights and the right to vote, always using peaceful protest. The Fawcett Society, a major UK charity working for equality for women at home and at work was renamed in Millicent’s honour in 1953. |