Political activist and writer. Born in what is now Lithuania. Emigrated to US 1885. Lover and life-long friend of Alexander Berkman. Imprisoned and then deported from the US. Moved to London in 1924. Again threatened with deportation she made a marriage of convenience in 1925 with a Scottish anarchist which gave her British citizenship and allowed her to travel. Died in Toronto.
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Emma Goldman
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Anarchists
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Sutton Council
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Sidney James Webb
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H. Lawrence
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
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Sir Alan Johnstone
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Punch magazine
Founded in early June 1841 at a meeting at the Edinburgh Castle public house in the Strand, attended by Henry Mayhew, brewery manager Mark Lemon, and engraver Ebenezer Landells. The first issue wa...
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Queen Elizabeth II
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on where she was brought up see Byron Statue. When she was 10 her father became King George VI (on the abdication of his brot...
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Westminster Hall - Mandela
SW1, St Margaret Street, Westminster Hall
Referring to the plaques on this second landing, as viewed by the people in our photo who are reading them the right way up: - at the lef...
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Andrea Levy
Born at the Whittington Hospital to Jamaican parents and and grew up in Twyford House on the Blackstock council estate. Best known for her novels 'Small Island' and 'The Long Song'. She wrote from ...
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