Plaque

Eleanor Rathbone

Erection date: /3/1986

Inscription

Eleanor Rathbone, 1872-1946, pioneer of family allowances, lived here.
Greater London Council

Site: Eleanor Rathbone (1 memorial)

SW1, Tufton Street, Tufton Court

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Eleanor Rathbone

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Family allowances

Pioneered by Eleanor Rathbone, specified in the 1942 Beveridge Report, Family...

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Eleanor Rathbone

Politician and social reformer. Born Eleanor Florence Rathbone at 14 Prince's...

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Eleanor Rathbone

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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