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Plaque

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett - WC1

Erection date: 1954

Inscription

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 1847 - 1929, pioneer of women's suffrage, lived and died here.
London County Council

Site: Millicent Fawcett and the Garretts, Agnes and Rhoda (2 memorials)

WC1, Gower Street, 2

Agnes and Rhoda moved here, with their business, in mid 1875.  Rhoda died here in 1882. When Millicent Fawcett was widowed in 1884, she and her daughter, Philippa, joined Agnes here. Millicent died here in 1929, and Agnes in  1935.  Philippa died in Hendon.

Rhoda and Agnes Garrett are also memorialized on a 2018 plaque by the gate to their , Sussex, house, then known as ‘The Firs’.

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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Intellectual, political leader, activist and writer. Born Suffolk and brought...

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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett - WC1

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London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

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Garretts, Agnes and Rhoda

Garretts, Agnes and Rhoda

Rhoda Garrett, 1841 - 1882, Agnes Garrett, 1845 - 1935, interior decorators a...

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