Writing her book 'Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives' Anna Kessel, was shocked at the lack of recognition for sportswomen from the past. Hence the Blue Plaque Rebellion, set up with the Women's Sport Trust.
See also #RecogniseHer.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Blue Plaque Rebellion
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Amy Gentry
Amy Gentry, 1903 - 1976 pioneer rower lived here. Blue Plaque Rebellion {Logo...
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Alice Zimmern
Pioneering advocate for women's education and suffrage. Born Nottingham. Studied at Bedford College, and then Girton College, Cambridge. Taught classics for income and wrote influentially on wom...
1 memorial
OutRage!
From the picture source website: "OutRage! is the world's longest surviving queer rights direct action group. Our witty, imaginative, daring, and irreverent style of non-violent civil disobedience...
1 memorial
Christabel Pankhurst
Suffragette. Born Manchester, daughter of Emmeline, her eldest child and her favourite. Moved to America in 1939 and died in California.
5 memorials
Girls Friendly Society
From English Heritage: "... founded in 1875 by Mary Townsend as an Anglican organisation that offered care and support to such women, through seven 'lodges' across west London, in areas like Ealing...
1 memorial
Women's Freedom League
Split off from the Women's Social and Political Union where Emmeline Pankhurst held sway. Worked for equality between men and women. Dissolved in 1961.
1 memorial