Person    | Female  Born 1835  Died 5/10/1899

Jessie Craigen

Categories: Animals, Gender Issues, Medicine

Countries: Ireland

Jessie Craigen

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.

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Jessie Craigen

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Fawcett frieze - 07, Craigen

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Jamrach's Emporium

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Patty Astley

Patty Astley

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Mary Tealby

Mary Tealby

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Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Porchester

Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Porchester

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G. T. Ratcliffe

G. T. Ratcliffe

Name on one of the corner plaques of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

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1 memorial