Writing her book 'Eat Sweat Play: How Sport Can Change Our Lives' Anna Kessel, was shocked at the lack of recognition for sportswomen from the past. Hence the , set up with the Women's Sport Trust.
See also #RecogniseHer.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Blue Plaque Rebellion
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Amy Gentry
Amy Gentry, 1903 - 1976 pioneer rower lived here. Blue Plaque Rebellion {Logo...
Other Subjects
Agnes Pochin
First woman to speak about women’s suffrage on a public platform. An early campaigner for women's rights. She funded campaigns, wrote one of the first tracts and was one of the three speakers at t...
1 memorial
Barbara Harmer
The first qualified female supersonic pilot and the first to fly Concorde. Born at the house with the plaque, she was raised in Bognor Regis and left school aged 15 to become a hairdresser but the...
1 memorial
Suffragettes' Women's Hall
This 1893 map (extract here) shows a hall, Salisbury Hall, beside the pub (Morpeth Arms) set back behind a house on Old Ford Road. This 1870 map shows the hall labelled 'Bethal Chapel (Baptist)'. ...
Building, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Religion
1 memorial
Isabella Ford
Isabella Ormston Ford was a social reformer, suffragist and writer. She became a public speaker and wrote pamphlets on issues related to socialism, feminism and worker's rights. After becoming conc...
1 memorial
Henry Nevinson
War correspondent. Born Henry Woodd Nevinson. He reported on the Second Boer War and WW1 and also investigated the slave trade in Angola. In 1907 he was one of the founders of the Men's League for ...
Person, Gender Issues, Journalism / Publishing, Africa, South Africa
1 memorial
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