Central Secretary of the Mothers' Union in 1925. In 1926 was quoted in newspapers as opposed to divorce, supporting a MU decision to deny membership to a divorced woman.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Nora Maude
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Mothers' Union - right
Inaugurated 1915 Emily Wilberforce – Central President This building was er...
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Agnes Maude Royden
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 ...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
Edith Garrud
Suffragette and martial arts instructor. Born Edith Margaret Williams in Bath. She married William Garrud, a physical culture instructor and in 1899 they were introduced to the art of jiu-jitsu. In...
Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games
2 memorials
Mark Ashton
Irish political, community and gay rights activist. Born Oldham but grew up in Northern Ireland. With his friend Mike Jackson he formed and raised funds for the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners...
Person, Community / Clubs, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Ireland
1 memorial
Margaret Ashton
Chairperson of the North of England Society for Women’s Suffrage. Manchester’s first woman councillor. Active in women’s peace campaigns during First World War. The photograph shows her at the Manc...
1 memorial
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Lord Porchester tree
E8, Mare Street, Hackney Town Hall
It would have helped if the plaque had said what the tree was commemorating.
1 subject commemorated
Lord Carlingford
Born Glyde, County Louth, Ireland as Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue. Elected to parliament as a liberal in 1847 and rose to prominence under Gladstone, but fell from grace over the question ...
1 memorial
Lord Northampton
EC1, Northampton Square
This tablet was erected in loving memory of William Compton, fifth Marquess of Northampton, KG, by his London tenants and friends.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Marie Stopes - SE19
SE19, Cintra Park, 28
English Heritage Marie Stopes, 1880 - 1958, promoter of sex education and birth control, lived here, 1880 - 1892.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Mrs Hester Thrale (Piozzi)
Writer and good friend to Samuel Johnson. Born near Bwlheli, Caernarvonshire, as Hester Salusbury. In 1763 was married for money to Henry Thrale, a wealthy London brewer. An unhappy marriage, with ...
2 memorials
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