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Rachel Kolsky. Women's London
Contents
WELCOME TO WOMEN’S LONDON
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
THE WOMAN WHO PUT LONDON ON THE MAP
ROUND AND BLUE: PLAQUES IN LONDON
A TIMELINE OF BRITISH FEMALE FIRSTS
WOMEN’S LONDON ON FOOT
WONDERFUL WOMEN OF WHITECHAPEL
BONNETS AND BANNERS: THE SALVATION ARMY WOMEN’S SOCIAL WORK
The Army Mother
Women Warriors
Slum Sisters
Lanark House
The Big Motherhood of the Salvation Army
Hopetown and Homesfield
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HENRIETTA BARNETT
Early Life
Whitechapel
Improving Minds
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Final Years and Legacy
MOTHERS TO MILITANTS: MIGRANT WOMEN
Jewish
Caribbean
Asian
BATTLING BELLES OF BOW: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SYLVIA PANKHURST
A STATUE FOR SYLVIA
TRADE UNIONS
MOTHER OF WORLD PEACE
SUFFRAGE, SCIENCE AND THE STAGE: COVENT GARDEN AND THE LSE
OFFSPRING OF THE OLD VIC
Learning for Life
Ballerinas in London
MILLICENT FAWCETT AND THE WOMEN’S LIBRARY
Finding Millicent
THE WOMEN’S LIBRARY
Treasures of The Women’s Library
CARING, CAMPAIGNING, BRILLIANT, BOHEMIAN: BLOOMSBURY WOMEN
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Early Life
Marriage
London Life
The Blitz
A MARYLEBONE MISCELLANY
COTTAGES TO CADETS, GARDENS TO GREEN BELT: THE LEGACY OF OCTAVIA HILL
The Move to London
Teaching and Education
Housing Reform
Open-Air Sitting Rooms and the Kyrle Society
Female Friends and Colleagues
The National Trust
Final Years
LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S ST JAMES’S
LADIES IN THE LABS: SCIENTIFIC WOMEN
ROYAL LADIES
Queen Elizabeth II
Diana, Princess of Wales
Queen Eleanor
PERFORMERS TO REFORMERS: WOMEN AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
WARRING, WORTHY, MOTHERS AND MARTYRS: WOMEN OF WESTMINSTER
WOMEN IN THE PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
NEW DAWN
BALLET, BOTANY, SOLDIERS AND THE STAGE: CURIOUS CHELSEA
FABULOUS FASHION
WOMEN AT WAR
ARTISTS AND AUTHORS IN ABUNDANCE: HAMPSTEAD
BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING: THE CITY
WOMEN IN THE FRAME
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
NATIONAL GALLERY
THE BLUESTOCKINGS
TATE MODERN
TATE BRITAIN
WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY
OUT AND ABOUT
SHAPING THE CITY
WALL TO WALL: LONDON’S MURALS AND STREET ART
WOMEN ON A PEDESTAL
LA DELIVRANCE
THE BRONZE WOMAN
REMEMBERING ADA
Arrival in London and Meeting Alfred
Civic Life
Housing and Health
The Beautification of Bermondsey
Remembering Ada
LONDON’S FEMALE STREETSCAPE
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
Independence
Mary on the Move
Published Mary
Mary in Love
Finding Mary
LAMBETH LIVES
SPIRIT OF SOHO
HOLLOWAY PRISON
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELA BURDETT-COUTTS
Making a Difference
Church Funding
Model Dwellings
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Children
Adult Schools and Factories
Marriage, Death and Legacy
LITERARY LADIES
QUEEN OF CRIME
READ AND VIEW WOMEN’S LONDON
Non-Fiction
London Fiction by Female Authors
View Women’s London
Blogs and Websites
MEDICAL LADIES
THE LADY WITH THE LAMP
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE MUSEUM
ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON
THE ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON GALLERY
WHERE THEY LIVED
WHERE THEY LIE
THE ‘MAGNIFICENT SEVEN’ ABNEY PARK CEMETERY
BROMPTON CEMETERY
HIGHGATE CEMETERY
KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY
TOWER HAMLETS
WEST NORWOOD
NON-CONFORMIST AND NON-CONSECRATED BURIAL GROUNDS. BUNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND
CROSSBONES GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE
JEWISH CEMETERIES. WILLESDEN UNITED JEWISH CEMETERY
HOOP LANE JEWISH CEMETERY
GOLDERS GREEN CREMATORIUM
ROYAL BURIALS AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY
FURTHER AFIELD
THE MOTHER OF MODERN THEATRE
DORICH HOUSE MUSEUM
THE FAN MUSEUM
THE LONDON SEWING MACHINE MUSEUM
CULTURE AND CAMPAIGNS
FEMINIST LIBRARY
LONDON FEMINIST NETWORK (LFN)
PERSEPHONE BOOKS
VIRAGO PRESS
WOMAN’S HOUR
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE (WI)
THE WOMEN’S LIBRARY @ LSE
WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRE (WRC)
ANNUAL EVENTS. 8 MARCH – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD)
EARLY MARCH – WOMEN OF THE WORLD (WOW)
MID MAY – THE MOONWALK LONDON
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER – UNDERWIRE
CHEERS!
PICTURE CREDITS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
