Labour organizer, anarchist communist. Born Texas or Virginia, as Lucy Eldine Gonzalez, possibly to slaves and had a mixed ancestry. Married Albert Parsons, a white socialist and this interracial marriage forced them to move north, to Chicago. 1888 came to Britain and spoke alongside William Morris and Peter Kropotkin. Died in Chicago in a fire.
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Lucy Parsons
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Anarchists
This art work is in the style of Donald Rooum. He was the Anarchists' self-ef...
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Sir Albert Joseph Altman
Chairman of the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. His portrait comes from an 1894Â card celebrating his silver wedding anniversary. Â It also has a portrait of his wife and of Tower Bridge.
1 memorial
Sir Richard Browne
Parliamentarian army officer and Lord Mayor of London. Â Born London (according to the ODNB though the picture source disagrees). Â Died Essex.
1 memorial
Peter Piaktow
Not everyone was happy that Hackney named a block of flats after this anarchist.
1 memorial
Thomas Neale MP
Entrepreneur, the organiser of England's first lottery. Known as 'The Great Projector' although the layout of the Seven Dials area is his only surviving London project. Neal Street and Neal's Yard...
1 memorial
Mr Robert Aviss
Administrator of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
1 memorial
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