#BehindEveryGreatCity
Nominate women born or having worked or campaigned in London.
The Mayor’s #BehindEveryGreatCity campaign celebrates 100 years since the first women won the right to vote in the UK. Women are behind some of the greatest achievements and discoveries in London, in the past and the present. We want to shine a spotlight on these women and their achievements, and we’d like your help.
The discussion ran from 05 February 2018 - 05 May 2018
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Community Member 7 years agoVivienne Archer of the Newham Bookshop. http://www.newhambooks.co.uk/about.php She has supported diversity in literature and made great writing accessible to all age groups for 40 years so far.
sidrodrigues
Community Member 6 years agoThis is an excellent nomination. I second this one!
Show full commentThis is an excellent nomination. I second this one!
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Community Member 7 years agoAda Salter, she did so much for the Docklands and was a woman way ahead of her time.
HEATHER HAMPSON
Community Member 7 years agoAnnie Besant, a woman way ahead of her time who played a pivotal role in the very improtant Match Girls Strike.
Londongirleverytime
Community Member 7 years agoYou beat me to it ! Definitely should be included.
S.olech
Community Member 7 years agoTotally agree with this suggestion- her work with the young women at the Bryant and May factory was truly inspirational for working class women.
Show full commentTotally agree with this suggestion- her work with the young women at the Bryant and May factory was truly inspirational for working class women.
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Community Member 7 years agoWe absolutely need to nominate Margaret Thatcher. An extremely impressive and influential woman. Changed the face of politics as we know it.
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Community Member 7 years agoChanged it so everyone knows how to spot an evil politician in Britain? I agree.
Show full commentChanged it so everyone knows how to spot an evil politician in Britain? I agree.
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Community Member 7 years agoAgree. Thatcher was an amazing woman. Partisan trolls can call her evil until they are blue in the face, but her leadership over the Falklands, resiliance against the IRA (especially after the Brighton bombing) and running the country...
Show full commentAgree. Thatcher was an amazing woman. Partisan trolls can call her evil until they are blue in the face, but her leadership over the Falklands, resiliance against the IRA (especially after the Brighton bombing) and running the country whilst on the menopause. As an immigrant living in Finchley in the 1970s, she was also a good MP.
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