Written by Lynne Dixon It is puzzling to reflect on what might have lead a twenty seven year old, middle class widow in London in 1891 to move on to a career in nursing and a mission to promote the cause of training midwives. On 5th April 1891 at 11, Chepstow Villas, Kensington, the census... Continue Reading →
Written by Amy Calvert So, as we should all be aware, it's 100 years since some women were granted the vote for the very first time in the UK, after decades and decades of campaigning, protesting and in some cases violently demanding the right to have a say in who ran their government. Who were... Continue Reading →
Local woman and campaigner Rhoda Baillie (born Rhoda Gilder) features briefly in the Greenwich100 exhibition “Beyond the Suffragettes". In this latest blog by Lynne Dixon, we learn more about Rhoda’s contributions to the local community following her move with her husband Roger Thorne Baillie (an explosives worker at the Arsenal) to the Well Hall Estate... Continue Reading →
The inspiring story of the women's suffrage pilgrimage across Blackheath in 1913
.....the 1918 Representation of the People Act became law. All men and some women gained the right to vote. Greenwich100 is pleased to announce the venues and dates for the "Beyond the Suffragettes" exhibition, which has been put together to celebrate Greenwich's contributions to gender equality from the 1860s to the present VENUE EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY... Continue Reading →
Thanks for joining us. Royal Greenwich has a long and illustrious history in connection with women's rights and gender equality. To mark the centenary of the 1918 Act that gave all men and some women the right to vote in Parliamentary elections, we want to share information and stories about Greenwich women and men who contributed... Continue Reading →
