Esther Roper was an English suffragist and social justice campaigner who fought for equal employment and voting rights for working-class women. Lifelong partner of Eva Gore-Booth.
The photo shows here as a student c.1892.
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Esther Roper
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Fawcett frieze - 29, Roper & Gore-Booth
Esther Roper, 1868 - 1938, Eva Gore-Booth, 1870 - 1926
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Laurence Housman
Radical playwright, writer, illustrator, socialist, pacifist and founding member of the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. The photo shows Housman in 1914. Brother to A. E. Housman. Studied art an...
1 memorial
Emily Davies
Suffragist and promoter of higher education for women. Born Sarah Emily Davies in Southampton. She edited a feminist publication and became active on the London School Board. She was instrumental i...
1 memorial
Dr Annie McCall
One of the first women to qualify as a doctor, in 1885. Born Manchester. She studied abroad and in London. Once qualified she quickly started a clinic and school of midwifery in her own home at 165...
1 memorial
Sophia Jex-Blake
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1 memorial
Queer Heritage
An appellation used on plaques erected by Sexual Avengers commemorating sites of gay events/interest.
1 memorial
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