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Plaque

Garretts, Agnes and Rhoda

Erection date: 11/3/2025

Inscription

Rhoda Garrett, 1841 - 1882, Agnes Garrett, 1845 - 1935, interior decorators and suffragists, lived, worked and died here.
English Heritage

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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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Garretts, Agnes and Rhoda

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Agnes Garrett

Agnes Garrett was an English suffragist and interior designer and creator of ...

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Rhoda Garrett

Rhoda Garrett was an English suffragist and interior designer. Cousin to the ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Garretts, Agnes and Rhoda

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English Heritage

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Garretts, Agnes and Rhoda

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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett - WC1

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett - WC1

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 1847 - 1929, pioneer of women's suffrage, liv...

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