Women’s Stories and Histories

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Norah Smyth: East End Suffragette and Photographer

Norah Smyth: East End Suffragette and Photographer

Mary Wollstonecraft’s Radical Roots

Mary Wollstonecraft’s Radical Roots

Grace Aguilar (1816-1847): vindicating women in Judaism

Grace Aguilar (1816-1847): vindicating women in Judaism

Clara Grant - The Bundle Woman of Bow

Sandie Shaw (MBE) - Dagenham’s Eurovision Superstar

Dagenham Girl Pipers - From Dagenham to the rest of the World

Doreen Lock

Zara McFarlane - Dagenham’s Jazz Extraordinaire

Making museums, making history: a few words of goodbye

Making museums, making history: a few words of goodbye

Betty May: The Tiger Woman of Canning Town

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Emma Hardinge Britten

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Elizabeth Fry: The Angel of Prisons

Mary Lister’s Legacy: The Home Hospital for Women

Mary Lister’s Legacy: The Home Hospital for Women

Eva Slawson and Minna Simmons: “the continuum of female friendship”

Zula Rabikowska: Exploring National Identity, Displacement and Belonging

Zula Rabikowska: Exploring National Identity, Displacement and Belonging

The early life of Mary Wollstonecraft

The early life of Mary Wollstonecraft

Women's History on My Walk: Hackney and Tower Hamlets

Women's History on My Walk: Hackney and Tower Hamlets

Queer Neighbourhoods: Lesbian squats in London Fields

Queer Neighbourhoods: Lesbian squats in London Fields

Madge Gill: East Ham’s Visionary Artist

Madge Gill: East Ham’s Visionary Artist

Dr. Hannah Billig: The Angel of Cable Street

Dr. Hannah Billig: The Angel of Cable Street

Discovering Rosaline McCheyne – Forgotten Heroine of the East London Federation of Suffragettes

Discovering Rosaline McCheyne – Forgotten Heroine of the East London Federation of Suffragettes

Introducing our 'Women Make History' Appeal

Introducing our 'Women Make History' Appeal

Crowdfunder - Terms and Conditions for Site Visit

Crowdfunder - Terms and Conditions for Site Visit

Dorothy Levitt: A Pioneer for Female Motorists

Dorothy Levitt: A Pioneer for Female Motorists

Kate Hall: First female museum curator in England

Kate Hall: First female museum curator in England

Gulielma Lister: ‘Gentlewoman Scientist’

Gulielma Lister: ‘Gentlewoman Scientist’

Unmade in Modern Babylon: The Life of Rebecca Jarrett

Unmade in Modern Babylon: The Life of Rebecca Jarrett

May Hobbs and the Night Cleaners’ Campaign

May Hobbs and the Night Cleaners’ Campaign

Daisy Parsons: First Female Mayor of West Ham

Daisy Parsons: First Female Mayor of West Ham

The 21st century Mother’s Ruin

The 21st century Mother’s Ruin