Split off from the Women's Social and Political Union where Emmeline Pankhurst held sway.
Worked for equality between men and women. Dissolved in 1961.
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Women's Freedom League
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Women's Freedom League
The Women's Freedom League, founded 1907, worked for equality between men and...
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Sarah Reddish
Sarah Reddish was a Bolton-based trade unionist and suffragette, who was active in the cooperative movement. A supporter of women running for local elections as a springboard to gaining national vo...
1 memorial
Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson
Born Aldeburgh, Suffolk. CBE MD. Daughter of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and niece of Millicent Fawcett. Suffragette. Established and ran the Endell Street Military Hospital. The picture shows Ander...
2 memorials
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 vivisect...
1 memorial
Women's work in WW2
The vital work done by over seven million women during World War II.
1 memorial
Admiral Duncan pub bombing
Well known as a gay pub, the Admiral Duncan was the site chosen by Neo-Nazi David Copeland to detonate a nail bomb which killed three people and wounded 70. Copeland, who was also responsible for ...
Event, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Gender Issues, Terrorism, Tragedy
3 memorials
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Christ Church Charity School, Spitalfields
From British History online (mainly): In 1708 a charity school started in Spitalfields, the boys somewhere in Brick Lane, the girls somewhere in what is now Princelet Street. In 1782-3 a new school...
3 memorials
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
417 memorials
Essex County Council
It governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex, and meets at County Hall in Chelmsford.
1 memorial
Women's Cricket World Cup, 2017
It was the 11th Women's Cricket World Cup, held four-yearly, (the third to be held in England) and was the first in which all participating players were fully professional. Eight teams qualified to...
2 memorials
Charity scholars
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...
23 memorials
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