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This blue commemorative plaque records: Fanny Wordsworth Stott (Nee Haslegrave) (1882-1961) Lived here at Grove House from 1925 to 1950. The first female Mayor of Wakefield City Council (1940-41)-with her daughter ‘Betty’ Stott serving as her Mayoress. She trained as a nurse before becoming a councillor for the Eastmoor and St John's ward in 1929. Elevated to the aldermanic bench in 1938, she became a magistrate in 1939. A prolific fundraiser and campaigner who sat on many committees. Recorded plaque organisation: Wakefield Civic Society.
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