A brooch tipped the decisionSourced
A found brooch helped a teacher decide whether to become a headmistress.
In 1898, Elizabeth Wilhelmina Jones was hesitant about taking charge of Harrogate Ladies' College. While walking with a friend, she found a horseshoe-and-shamrock brooch near a gate and wrote her acceptance that evening.
A small find preceded decades of school leadership.
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