Erection date: 7/3/2017
Mary Macarthur, 1880 - 1921, trade unionist and campaigner for working women, lived and died here.
English Heritage
Unveiled on the eve of International Women's Day.
NW11, Woodstock Road, 42
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Mary Macarthur
Suffragist and trades unionist. Born Mary Reid Macarthur in Glasgow. She was ...
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Mary Macarthur
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