In 1915 as Central President of the Mothers' Union she initiated the idea of a dedicated building which resulted in the opening of Mary Sumner House in 1925. She resigned as President in 1919.
Born Emily Connor. 1874 married Ernest R. Wilberforce (the grandson of William Wilberforce) and had 6 children with him. As Bishop of Newcastle he supported and encouraged Mary Sumner in the early days of the Mothers Union.
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Emily Wilberforce
Inaugurated 1915 Emily Wilberforce – Central President This building was er...
Intellectual, political leader, activist and writer. Born Suffolk and brought up at Snape where her family owned the maltings. Pioneer of the women's suffrage movement but she advocated a non-viole...
From their Twitter page: South London Fawcett Group is a local group of the Fawcett Society which campaigns nationally for equality between women and men.
Liberal politician, barrister, and NUWSS, and internationalist. Jessie Chrystal Macmillan was a suffragist, peace activist, barrister, feminist and the first female science graduate from the Unive...
Person, Gender Issues, Law, Peace, Politics & Administration, Scotland
Early campaigner for women’s rights, particularly the rights of workers. An editor of the Englishwoman's Review. Born County Kerry, Ireland.
Settlement work in Liverpool then London, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, edited Common Cause, Church League for Women’s Suffrage, preacher, pacifist, later campaigned for ordination ...
This small brass plaque is attached to the panelling beside the door, near the bell-push.
Author and conservationist. Born at 77 Fellows Road, Hampstead. One of the founders of the Inland Waterways Association, where he met and collaborated rather too closely with the author Elizabeth J...
Not a memorial at all but interesting nonetheless - this 'University Stone', together with the striped 'University Post' opposite, mark ...
The surname was actually Jarman, and the woman that Mrs Jarman tried to save was not her mother, but her mother-in-law.
Site of St Mary Moorfields, Pro Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church 1852 - 1870. Corporation of London
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