From English Heritage: "... founded in 1875 by Mary Townsend as an Anglican organisation that offered care and support to such women, through seven 'lodges' across west London, in areas like Ealing, Kensington and at 5 Bourdon Street, Berkeley Square where young women 'working in shops in the neighbourhood and (who) require a comfortable and safe lodgings' could lodge in separate cubicles. By 1912, places were inadequate to meet demand, 'owing to the remarkable development and rapid increase in the number of professions and occupations open to women, and the consequent necessity of their leaving their homes and living away from their relatives and friends'."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Girls Friendly Society
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Girls Friendly Society hostel
This foundation stone is behind railings, hence the squew-whiff photo.
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Hertha Ayrton
Electrical engineer and suffragist. Born Phoebe Sarah Marks in Portsmouth. Aged 16 began teaching in London. Studied maths at Girton College Cambridge. Married William Ayrton in 1885. Elected ...
Mrs Mallet
Concerned for the poor of Lambeth and was a district visitor in 1864 trying to identify families in need. She organized a refuge for women and then started to prepare penny dinners. She also ran mo...
Wandsworth LGBT+ Forum
A group that focuses on the development and support of LGBT groups, organisations and projects so they can deliver direct services and campaign for individual rights.
Henry Labouchere
MP and journalist. Born London of a rich banking family; Baron Taunton was his uncle. Married an actress. Responsible for the criminalisation of all male homosexual activity; prior to his effort...
Edith How-Martyn
Suffragist and birth control campaigner. Born Edith How in London. 1899 married George Herbert Martyn. Member of the Women's Social and Political Union. She was arrested in 1906 for attempting to ...
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Hertsmere Road opened
E14, Hertsmere Road
The graphic is similar to the logo used by the Bow Heritage Trail, and see LCC Municipal for more examples of its use. Apart from the gra...
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Founded as a joint project between the BBC and Sir Adrian Boult. It is now the principal orchestra which plays at the Proms.
Lady Margaret Beaufort
Mother of Henry VII. Born Bedfordshire. As a Tudor matriarch she was important in the Wars of the Roses. Established a school in Wimboure Dorset and founded two colleges in Cambridge. Died in ...
Richard Francis Burton
Explorer. Born Devon. He and his wife Isabel, have a very unusual tomb at St Mary Magdalen, Worple Road, Mortlake.
Napoleon III of France
Last monarch of France. Son of Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon I's brother) and Hortense de Beauharnais, he was known as Louis Napoleon. He grew up in Switzerland and Germany, but due to involvement in r...
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Royalty, France, Switzerland
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