In 1915 an English journalist, Dorothy Lawrence (1896-1964) was biking through France. She cycled to Creil, a French base camp, to report on World War I (1914-1918). Dorothy went to France to “see what an ordinary English girl without credentials or money, can...
Full Name: Eleanor “Ellie” Simmonds Birth Date: November 11, 1994 Location: Walsall, West Midlands, England Monument Type: Historic/Residence Born on November 11, 1994 in England, Eleanor “Ellie” Simmonds has already achieved a lot in her young...
Birth Date: 25 July 1829 Death Date: 11 February 1862 Location: London, England, UK Monument Type: Historic/Residence With a few strokes of a brush and many hours of painstaking work, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Siddal found herself to be one of history’s...
Fahma Mohamed was born in The Netherlands in 1996 and moved to Bristol, England with her family when she was 7 years old. At school Fahma attended an after-school session that discussed Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of...
Full Name: Frances Mary Buss Birth Date: 16 August 1827 Death Date: 24 December 1894 Location: London NW5 2DB, UK Monument Type: Plaque/Marker Frances Mary Buss was a campaigner for women’s rights and a pioneer of education for women. At the age of 10, Frances...
