Jessie Hannah Craigen was a working-class suffrage speaker. She was also a freelance (or 'paid agent') speaker in the campaigns for Irish Home Rule and the cooperative movement and against vivisection, compulsory vaccination, and the Contagious Diseases Acts. Her place of birth is uncertain. Died Ilford.
Kate Taylor has an interesting profile of Craigen, including an explanation of the lack of images.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Jessie Craigen
It seems there are no images of Craigen, hence the lack of anything behind th...
Founded at Hyde Park Corner by Richard Tattersall (1724–1795) it stayed in the Tattersall family until about WW2. The business had to move from 'the Corner' due to the lease running out and the la...
Founded in Bristol by Frances Power Cobbe, who had earlier founded the NAVS. 2012 it joined another organisation and rebranded as Cruelty Free International. For completeness we should mention the...
Exotic shop dealing in wild animals. It was run by Charles Jamrach, who inherited the business from his father. Known to seafarers throughout the world, they would bring animals from distant lands ...
Equestrian performer and circus proprietor. Born Newcastle under Lyme. Aged 17 he joined the 15th Light Dragoons where he developed an exceptional ability breaking and riding horses. Discharged as ...
There are a number of Reardon fountains of this design and most seem to have the identical dedication inscription. A photo of a similar f...
Mining magnate and politician in southern Africa. Prime Minister of the Cape Colony 1890-96. As a businessman he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which ...
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