Rachel’s new book was published in February 2018!
“This book is for anyone who wants to celebrate the impact women have had—and continue to have—on London’s streetscape, heritage and culture.”
The only travel guidebook that focuses on the women who have shaped London through the centuries and the legacy they have left behind, from those campaigning for Votes for Women to a statue of Amy Winehouse in Camden Town with her frail frame and signature hairdo.
It provides the perfect opportunity to explore sights, statues, plaques and buildings associated with famous—and some not so famous— women: scientists and suffragettes, reformers and royals, military and medical pioneers, authors and artists.
A series of self-guided walking tours lead you to fascinating and historic areas, such as London’s ‘knowledge quarter’ with its stories of the Bloomsbury group of artists and writers. Follow in the footsteps of suffragette and reformer Sylvia Pankhurst; or take a walk around ‘curious Chelsea’ with tales of ballet, botany, soldiers and the stage. Beautifully illustrated with colour photos, archive images and maps, Women’s London will inspire visitors and Londoners alike to discover how much London owes to women.
There was a fabulous series of events beginning with a pre-publication launch on 25th January 2018. See below for details and Public Tours for more events as they occur.
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UPCOMING EVENTS Details coming soon! PAST EVENTS 2018 Women’s London: In the Footsteps of Great Lives - THE LAUNCH!! Thursday 25th January MEET THE AUTHORS! Suffragettes and the Vote - Rachel is on a panel with historians Diane Atkinson (Rise Up Women!), Kat Jungnickel (Bikes and Bloomers) and Senior Curator at the Palace of Westminster, Mari Takayanagi. Monday 29th January Warring, Worthy, Mothers and Martyrs: Women of Westminster with visit to the Parliamentary Archives Tuesday 20th February Warring, Worthy, Mothers and Martyrs: Women of Westminster with visit to the Parliamentary Archives Thursday 22nd February LONDON ON WHEELS: A Suffrage Story Saturday 24th February LONDON ON WHEELS: A Suffrage Story Saturday 24th March Women in the Frame: National Portrait Gallery Wednesday 25th April Suffrage, Science and the Stage with visit to The Women’s Library Thursday 3rd May Women in the Frame: National Portrait Gallery Wednesday 23rd May Suffrage, Science and the Stage with visit to The Women’s Library Thursday 24th May Meet the Author: Women's London U3A Hampstead Garden Suburb Thursday 14th June Islington's Women: LMA talk, archives and walk Friday 22nd June Battling Belles of Bow: the Women's Hall Saturday 7th July LONDON ON WHEELS: A Suffrage Story Sunday 22nd July Highgate Cemetery: The Women Wednesday 25th July Women of Westminster Saturday 4th August Warring, Worthy, Mothers and Martyrs: Women of Westminster with visit to Parliamentary Archives Tuesday 7th August LONDON ON WHEELS: A Suffrage Story Sunday 26th August Battling Belles of Bow: the Women's Hall Thursday 30th August Pearly Kings to Kingsley Hall: Bromley by Bow Friday 28th September Hampstead's Women: Ham and High Lit Fest Friday 5th October Battling Belles of Bow: the Women's Hall Saturday 6th October Spitalfield's Women - walk and talk at Bishopsgate Institute Tuesday 9th October