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1/3 Henrietta Hodson b1841 Upper Marsh, Lambeth, successful actress in London & provinces mainly playing comedic roles. Also a theatre manager. Appeared in plays by W S Gilbert until they had a public falling out. She retired upon her marriage 1864 but returned to the stage when marriage ended.

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Margaret Rowbotham was born in Plumstead 1883 and attended Blackheath High school

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1/3 Sister Nivedita (nee Margaret Noble, b1867 Ireland) was an educationalist and campaigner for Indian Independence and reform. She came to Wimbledon 1890 as teacher/partner at progressive Kingsley Gate School & founded other schools in the area, living at 21 High Street, Wimbledon

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Great piece from BBC Culture on the Forty Elephants. Also quotes Steven Knight on Hezekiah Moscow being Jamaican (we only know 'West Indies'), coming here to be a lion tamer (likely not true, although he did become one), and being "really famous" (well, he is NOW...): www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

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Our featured video series this month is "Art, Mind & Soul: Charlotte Johnson-Wahl"! bit.ly/ArtMindSoul-CJW The series looks in detail at 3 of the paintings currently on display in our exhibition, 'What It Felt Like: The Maudsley Hospital Paintings of Charlotte Johnson-Wahl'.

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1/2 Charlotte Elizabeth Babb, artist, suffragist and women’s rights campaigner born Peckham 1830. Campaigned for women to be admitted to Royal Academy, one of first to be admitted 1861. Refused to pay taxes until women represented and had paintings & goods seized in lieu.

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Isabel Hardwìch, nee Cox, born Streatham 1919, attended Streatham Secondary School.

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Tales from @rcn.org.uk #NursesInRed #Wikipedia project Meet Emily 'Margaret' Cummins RRC (1866-1934) born #Lewisham later #Matron #Liverpool Royal Infirmary #HistNursing #HistMed #WomensHistory #WomenInRed @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_M...

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Annie Altschul fled Austria in 1939 and trained to become a psychiatric nurse in London. She taught at The Maudsley in Denmark Hill and went on to become one of the most influential voices in psychiatric nursing while battling depression herself

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Join us on Feb 23rd VOTES FOR WOMEN! Suffragettes in Bow Street and Beyond! in association with the Bow Street Police Museum. herstoricaltours.co.uk/votesforwomen

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#OtD 18 Feb 1904 sculptor, teacher and anti-fascist Felicia Browne was born. Travelling to Spain to fight fascism, she tragically became the first British volunteer be killed in the civil war during a mission to blow up a fascist munitions train stories.workingclasshistory.c...

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Born Hilda Herbert in Clapham, she grew up in The Parsonage, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall where her father was the incumbent of St Peter's

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes The Lewisham suffragettes with the local WSPU banner (obviously not my photo but from the collections of the Museum of London) - some of my real local heroes. runner500.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/s...

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1/2 Kate Carney b1869 Newington to a music hall family, very popular singer/comedienne known as ‘The Coster Comedienne.’ Began by singing Irish songs, gradually incorporating humorous Cockney songs into her act. She appeared in a double act with her husband George Shea who retired to manage her.

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1968 ‘Flying Angel’: When Matron Irene Watkins complained about the pain to her feet from walking miles around Ladywell Lodge Old People’s Home each day, the Council provided her with a battery driven scooter. @dohertyta.bsky.social 🙏 Short Film of Irene on her scooter cutt.ly/trqlJmHY

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Liz Fraser b.1933 grew up off New Kent Road attended SSSO* School. Popular tv/film comedy actress playing the curvaceous dumb blonde who was very knowing in other ways. She had a long career but most famous for Carry On films & 60s tv sitcoms. Last role in Midsomer Murders. Died 2018

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Our #IWD2025 Dulwich Society Women and Politics event is at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 4 March at @alleynsschool.bsky.social. Join Baroness Harriet Harman and a panel of senior female politicians to discuss feminism. equality and opportunity. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-and-...

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I came into politics to represent the people of Battersea, improve lives and be a voice for the voiceless. That will always be my focus.

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1/2 Life long Wimbledon resident Ethel Crickmay was upset to see horses struggling to pull heavy loads up the steep Wimbledon Hill Rd. She founded the Wimbledon branch of Our Dumb Friends League 1908, raised sufficient money to buy and maintain a carthorse to assist, known as a trace horse.

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English Heritage has announced they will award a blue plaque (site unknown) to Una Marson, journalist, activist, poet, first black woman broadcaster for the BBC. This is in addition to the Southwark heritage blue plaque at the site of her former home in Brunswick Square, Camberwell. #WorldRadioDay

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#WorldRadioDay 1/2 Olive Shapley, pioneer BBC radio presenter/producer, b1910 Peckham Rye. Aged 12, family moved to 65 Woodwarde Rd, Dulwich. Began working for the BBC 1934 in Manchester, producing Children’s Hour, drama, documentaries where ordinary people spoke about their lives ...

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The sculpture is named after a poem by Cécile Nobrega poet playwright composer artist teacher whose vision drove its creation. She arrived in UK 1969 from Guyana. Active in NUT she campaigned for rights of pupils from ethnic minorities

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1/2 Sister Eliza Roberts b1802 Shadwell trained and worked 24 years at St Thomas’s where her nursing skills in men’s surgical were highly regarded. Having retired in 1853, she responded to Florence Nightingale’s call for skilled nurses and went to the Crimea as Head Nurse 1854

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1/2 Born in Perthshire, Victoria Drummond MBE initially spent 12 years at sea, the first female marine engineer in UK. From 1929 she shared a house with sister Frances at 143 Kennington Road where they started a business trading goldfish

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1/2 Ethel Mannin b1900 Garfield Road, Clapham, by 1911 family living Havelock Road, Wimbledon. Fervent socialist, prolific & popular novelist, travel & political writer. Supporter of numerous causes including anti-Imperialism, anti-fascism, republicanism, human rights, feminism.

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Keir Starmer and Ed Davey are more highly rated than Farage and Badernoch. The Great British Public hasn't the same view as right wing hacks and media chatterers.

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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor... The History of Central Hill - Thurs 20 February 2025 7.30 Talk: Ruth Hibberd, local historian, delves into the rich history of Central Hill - the gateway to Upper Norwood. Discover the history of its buildings and explore the lives of some of its key residents.

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1/3 (Florence) Jane Short, aka Rachel Peace, militant suffragette, b1881, grew up Willow Walk*, Catford. Jailed twice for breaking windows, 3rd time for arson. Painfully force fed on each occasion, defending herself at 3rd trial she spoke of the “mental anguish” caused by the practice and feared …

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Zoom Talk Thursday 13 February 7.30pm Breach of Promise to Marry - The marriage day was fixed, the wedding dress bought, the wedding tour planned, the wedding guests invited. The day came but not the bridegroom... #NWKFHS #Genealogy #Kent

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