Person    | Female  Born 17/2/1871  Died 10/4/1927

Julia Scurr

Born Julia Sullivan in Limehouse, married John Scurr in 1900. Politically active, campaigning for working women, the unemployed, women's suffrage. 1919 elected to Poplar Borough Council and was imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Mayor of Poplar 1923-4.

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Julia Scurr

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Fawcett frieze - 35, Scurr

Scurr's date of birth is here given as 1873, while the ODNB, for example, giv...

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Poplar Rate Rebels mural - 1

The mural refers to "30 councillors" but actually names only 29.  The count o...

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Minnie Lansbury

Minnie Lansbury

Suffragette and Poplar alderman. Daughter-in-law to George Lansbury. Her early death was brought about by being imprisoned, with other councillors, for refusing to levy a full rate, and catching pn...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration

5 memorials
Annie Kenney

Annie Kenney

Working-class suffragette from Manchester, member of the WSPU and one of the most prominent women in the movement. Born Oldham. 1918, after some women had won the vote, she married James Taylor (18...

Person, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Catherine Courtauld Osler

Catherine Courtauld Osler

Catherine Courtauld Taylor was a social reformer and suffragist. President of Birmingham Women’s Suffrage Society. Born in Bridgwater to parents who supported women's suffrage. Married Alfred Osle...

Person, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Sylvia Pankhurst

Sylvia Pankhurst

Born in Manchester as Estelle Sylvia, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst.  Trained and initially worked as an artist. Worked with George Lansbury in the East End. 1924 Sylvia moved from the East End of...

Person, Gender Issues, Peace, Seriously Famous, Ethiopia

9 memorials
Emily Wilding Davison

Emily Wilding Davison

Militant suffragette. Born Roxburgh House, Vanbrugh Park Road, Greenwich (see Running Past for info about the house). Brought up in Hertfordshire until aged 11 when the family returned to London. H...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Tragedy

4 memorials