In March 2020, Tracey Rogers was working at Leyton Sixth Form College. As they shut the college gates for the last time, Tracey decided she was going to spend her time in lockdown redecorating the house. Three years later the paints and wallpaper are still sitting in a cupboard unused. Although she never got the decorating done, she would go on to do something far more extraordinary, which changed people’s lives.

In this fifth series of Rebel Women, we’re resetting a little. Because the women we’re featuring this time were definitely not our usual “troublemakers”. Some of them may have been in their previous lives, but in the spring of 2020 they were the ones holding everything together.

For further stories about Lockdown Legends, and other pandemic heroes, visit our website beyondmedicine.org.uk Or find us on Facebook, You Tube, Tik Tok, Instagram or Twitter,

This current series of Rebel Women is part of Beyond Medicine: a social history of women and pandemics. Between 20th June and 16th July you can visit our exhibition at The Mill in Walthamstow, East London. You may also like to watch our short film about women and pandemic on You Tube.

Special thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for funding this episode.

Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music.

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