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Suffragettes

Women on bikes
NUWSS Pilgrims Near Clayton on the Brighton Road, TWL Postcard, 1913
Cultural heritage Local Society Suffragettes 

Sylvia Pankhurst and Cycling for Suffrage

November 23, 2018January 23, 2019 Dominika Kubinyova 2481 Views 0 Comments Features

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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Photograph of Norah Smyth, Bow suffragette, photographer and chauffeur to Sylvia Pankhurst
Norah Smyth, Bow suffragette, photographer and chauffeur to Sylvia Pankhurst
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East End suffragette, photograher and chauffeur to Sylvia and photographer Norah Smyth

November 11, 2018January 29, 2021 Dominika Kubinyova 2544 Views 1 Comment Features

Norah Lyle Smyth was a British suffragette, novelist, photographer and a socialist activist who worked alongside Sylvia Pankhurst on the

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A more detailed photograph of the exhibition showing posters from a distance
Radical Visions: The Early History of Four Corners and Camerawork Exhibition
Cultural heritage Local Society Suffragettes 

Four Corners and Camerawork: Radical Visions exhibition and Modern Suffragette photography training

October 10, 2018January 17, 2019 Natasha Forrest 2092 Views 0 Comments Reviews

Film and photography centre and charity Four Corners has a long history of campaigning and community activism in East London. 

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Archive image of Bow Suffragettes outside Lord Morpeth Pub
Local East End Suffragettes outside the Lord Morpeth Public House.
Cultural heritage Local Society Suffragettes 

Hidden stories revealed: The lesser-known Suffragettes in Bow

May 29, 2018May 20, 2021 Megan Agnew 3436 Views 4 Comments Features

This week marks 105 years since Suffragette Emily Davison threw herself in front of the King’s horse. Along with Sylvia

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Lord Morpeth pub Ford Road Bow with Suffragettes mural on side of building
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Mural on Lord Morpeth in Bow commemorates Sylvia Pankhurst

March 13, 2018May 20, 2021 April Kosky 4140 Views 0 Comments News

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 with George Lansbury and Edgar Lansbury.
Minnie Lansbury with George Lansbury.
Cultural heritage Local Society Suffragettes 

Minnie Lansbury and the Clock on Bow Road

March 6, 2018January 22, 2019 Anastasia Miari 3649 Views 0 Comments Features

You may have noticed the clock on Electric House on Bow Road, but were you aware of the woman it

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women sewing black and white photo
East End Women's Museum
Cultural heritage Local Society Suffragettes 

Founding the East End Women’s Museum

March 6, 2018January 18, 2019 Anastasia Miari 1712 Views 0 Comments Features

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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Annie Besant portraint in black and white. Sitting.
Cultural heritage Local Society Suffragettes 

Annie Besant and Bow’s Match Girl Riots

February 22, 2018February 27, 2020 Anastasia Miari 5410 Views 0 Comments Features

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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A formal portrait photograph of Sylvia Pankhurst.
Cultural heritage Local Society Suffragettes 

Bow: the heartland of Sylvia Pankhurst’s life and work in East London

October 11, 2016September 16, 2021 Amy Freeborn 7427 Views 3 Comments Features

Few people realise that Bow is the heartland of Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Federation of Suffragettes. Within 100 metres

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Norman Grove Street Party celebrates Suffragettes

September 22, 2014January 13, 2022 Tabitha Stapely 1996 Views 0 Comments News

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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Young Suffragette with We Will Vote placard
Young Suffragettes re-enacting Bow's riotous past © Oliver Lynton
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East London Suffragettes centenary festival

August 2, 2014May 10, 2022 Amy Freeborn 1341 Views 2 Comments News

‘Sylvia Pankhurst was a really incredible woman, and I wanted to see her story told,’ says Sarah Jackson, so she

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Gary Arber upstairs in his stationery shop on Roman Road in 2014.
Cultural heritage Culture Local Suffragettes 

In conversation with Gary Arber of Arber & Co, the Suffragettes’ Printers

June 30, 2014January 14, 2022 Tabitha Stapely 1791 Views 0 Comments Videos

The oldest printers in the East End, Arbers & Co on Roman Road, printed for the East London Suffragettes over

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