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Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek, was one of the most remarkable secret agents of the Second World War, undertaking many successful missions and saving countless lives.
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Blue Plaque commemorating social reformer Annie Besant at 9 Colby Road, Gipsy Hill, London SE19 1HA, London Borough of Southwark.
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DAVISON, Emily Wilding (1872–1913)
Emily Wilding Davison, teacher and suffragette, campaigned boldly and tirelessly for women’s rights, even paying the ultimate price for her dedication to the cause. English Heritage has commemorated her with a blue plaque at 43 Fairholme Road, West Kensington, which was her home in the 1880s.
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Blue Plaque commemorating social reformer Annie Besant at 9 Colby Road, Gipsy Hill, London SE19 1HA, London Borough of Southwark.
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Blue Plaque commemorating social reformer Annie Besant at 9 Colby Road, Gipsy Hill, London SE19 1HA, London Borough of Southwark.
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Garden designer, landscape architect and campaigner for child welfare, Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood, is recognised with a blue plaque. Allen brought adventure playgrounds to the UK. The house in Chelsea that bears her plaque was the home where she lived and advocated for local children to have accessible spaces to play.
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Servants or skilled professionals? Women in domestic service
Historically, many careers for women were in the home – but some women in domestic service broke the mould. As part of our Women in History series, Dr Andrew Hann investigates how.
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: journey to a doomed marriage?
We follow Anne of Cleves footsteps to England as she embarks on a journey to her doomed marriage to Henry VIII, via our historic places.
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Countess Isabella de Fortibus (or Forz) was one of the greatest heiresses in 13th-century England. Her remarkable life illustrates the power and riches that could lie in the hands of women of noble birth in medieval England.
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Women in 1066: the power behind the throne
History is filled with examples of women using family connections in the political arena, and the period surrounding the Norman Conquest was no different.