Written from life – Sylvia Pankhurst and the Workers’ Dreadnought newspaper
Few know that during her time in Bow, Sylvia Pankhurst’s revolutionary actions included running the Worker’s Dreadnought, her own socialist
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Suffragettes
Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Toy Factory
Sylvia Pankhurst is well known around these parts. Most know of her activism for women’s suffrage. However, many don’t know
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Sylvia Pankhurst and Cycling for Suffrage
Since former mayor Boris Johnson boosted the biking boom back in the early 2010s, London’s status as a cycling city
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Norah Smyth: East End suffragette, photographer and chauffeur to Emmeline Pankhurst
Norah Lyle Smyth was a British suffragette, novelist, photographer and a socialist activist who worked alongside Sylvia Pankhurst on the
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Four Corners and Camerawork: Radical Visions exhibition and Modern Suffragette photography training
Film and photography centre and charity Four Corners has a long history of campaigning and community activism in East London.
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Hidden stories revealed: The lesser-known Suffragettes in Bow
Sylvia Pankhurst is well-known for her contribution to Suffragettes movement while she lived in Bow but who were the other,
Read moreMural on Lord Morpeth in Bow commemorates Sylvia Pankhurst
A Sylvia Pankhurst mural has been unveiled on the side of the Lord Morpeth pub on Old Ford Road in
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Minnie Lansbury and the Clock on Bow Road
You may have noticed the clock on Electric House on Bow Road, but were you aware of the woman it
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Founding the East End Women’s Museum
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re raising our hands in praise to those behind the East End Women’s Museum,
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How an article by activist Annie Besant led to the Bryant and May infamous Match Girls Riots
Born in 1847 and rising to fame as a political activist in the mid-late 1800s, Annie Besant was a key
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Bow: the heartland of Sylvia Pankhurst’s life and work in East London
Few people realise that Bow is the heartland of Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Federation of Suffragettes. Within 100 metres
Read moreNorman Grove Street Party celebrates Suffragettes
Norman Grove’s annual street party celebrated its links with Sylvia Pankhurst’s Suffragettes with a Suffragette-themed day of festivities. Norman Grove,
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