Margery Fry

ACHIEVEMENTS: first woman to serve as a justice of the peace in Lowestoft. In 1921, she was among the pioneering women appointed to this esteemed position. Margery was a driving force within the Association of Women Magistrates and made substantial contributions to the justice system.  (1874–1958)

Her Grandmother was Elizabeth (Gurney) Fry a prominent English social reformer and Quaker minister born in 1780.

CREDIT: Lowestoft heritage