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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · 49m

2/2 She made 151 drawings illustrating a paper James wrote about snow crystals, showing their structure and beauty

She also produced life-size prints of British ferns using the photogenic drawing process for a proposed book by Edward Newman. 12 were exhibited in Glasgow but book was never published

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · 49m

1/2 Cecilia Glaisher (nee Belville) b1828 Park Place, Greenwich, scientific photographer/illustrator. Married James Glaisher 1851 when she was 15, he was 20 yrs older. They lived Dartmouth at Terrace, Blackheath.
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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · 1h

Dr Kerridge b1901 grew up in Dunscombe Hill in Forest Hill, Lewisham.

Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 12h

Phyllis Kerridge was a pioneering chemist and physiologist whose research laid the foundation for the creation of standardised hearing aids. She is also known for her invention of the miniature pH electrode and her work on artificial respiration.
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Dr Phyllis Margaret Tookey Kerridge, Chemist and Physiologist

Phyllis Kerridge was a pioneering chemist and physiologist whose research laid the foundation for the creation of standardised hearing aids.

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · 1h

Also a South London women! When not at sea, she lived for many years at 143 Kennington Road with sister Frances and opposite where sister Jean ran a girls' club. The sisters were air raid wardens in WW2 in Lambeth, and helped and sponsored child refugees from Austria

Perth Women on Wikipedia @perthwomenwiki.bsky.social · 9h

Victoria is one of our Perth Women on Wikipedia. Born in Megginch Castle, Erroll and served her first apprenticeship in Northern Garage, Perth. Awarded MBE for her bravery at sea in WW2 but she didn't appear on the Wikipedia article of notable Drummonds until we added her name!
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 10h

Victoria Drummond 1st UK woman #MarineEngineer. Colleague wrote "Most courageous woman I ever saw...without fear or nerves, is very good at her job & has an uncanny power over engines for which I once thanked God" Early @wes1919.bsky.social member b. #OTD 14 Oct 1894 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victori...

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · Sep 3

Meet Fanny Pease (1866–1946) #Nurse & #Suffragette

Born in #Woolwich she was force fed at Holloway Prison for suffrage activism. Awarded an RRC for WW2 nursing

#HistNursing #WomensHistory #WomenInRed
#NursesInRed #Wikipedia
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annri.bsky.social @annri.bsky.social · Jul 20

Salter Road , the gardens in Southwark Park, her statue ...Bermondsey remembers her .

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Trees for Bermondsey @treesforbermondsey.bsky.social · Jul 1

You may well have walked along some of the streets of houses built when Ada Salter was Mayor of Bermondsey in the 1920s and which survived the Blitz, unlike many which surrounded them. An early environmentalist, she lined the streets of Bermondsey with over 9000 trees. We are lucky indeed!

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 20

Happy Birthday Ada Salter (nee Brown) born OTD 1866.

Bermondsey Icon.

- Social Reformer
- Trade unionist
- Environmentalist
- Pacifist
- First woman councillor Bermondsey 1909
- First woman mayor in London 1922
- First labour woman mayor in UK

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Social Work History Network @socwkhistory.bsky.social · Jul 14

This day in social work history ⏳

14th July 2005: Cicely Saunders, nurse, social worker, physician and writer, died in Bromley (aged 97). Saunders was the founder of St Christopher’s Hospice, considered to be the first modern hospice.

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 14

2/2 … followed by the innovatory ‘Vision On’ in 1964, designed to appeal to all children, hearing and non hearing.

And it's Ursula we can thank for revamping a seemingly mediocre series from France into the mega popular 'The Magic Roundabout.'

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 14

1/2 Ursula Eason b1910 Mount Nod Road, Streatham, pioneered TV programmes for deaf children. She joined BBC 1933 in Belfast, moving to children’s tv in London 1952, becoming Asst. Head Children’s Programmes 1955.

Partially deaf herself, she developed the monthly ‘For Deaf Children’ 1953 …

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fanny Wilkinson was the first woman to attend the Crystal Palace School of Landscape Gardening. She was responsible for the design and laying out of Vauxhall Park for the Kyrie Society and Myatts Fields Park, Camberwell for the MPGA.

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 3

A statue of Fanny Wilkinson, early professional female gardener, has been unveiled in Coronation Gardens, Wandsworth
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Wandsworth park unveils statue of female landscape gardener

The bronze statue of Fanny Wilkinson is installed on an Edwardian drinking fountain in Wandsworth.

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Loughborough Road Histories @roadsw9.bsky.social · Jul 3

Charlotte Sherman leased/rented 30 Loughborough Road c.1910-1922 and set up a home for young girls here. Emma Percival (not yet found much about her) was the matron living with between 6 and 10 girls aged 2-16. Wonder if Charlotte had other smaller homes for girls too.

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 3

2/2 In all she cared for some 2700 girls. She lived until she was 97, still working to the end, including typing her own letters and living in West Square.
A nearby primary school was named in her honour: sadly it was announced recently the school is to close.

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 3

1/2 Charlotte Sharman b1832, Union Place, Southwark was concerned about young girls living on the street and, after placing many with suitable families, she raised sufficient money to open an orphanage in 1867 in West Square to provide “a home & domestic training for destitute orphan girls”.

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LambethArchives @lambetharchives.bsky.social · Jul 1

Opening on 15 July A Vanishing Kennington, an exhibition of the Manning Photographers studio archive, now passed to Lambeth Archives, it charts the lives of Lambeth residents and businesses over seventy years from nearly half a million photos. #lambetharchives #photography #lambeth #southlondon

The image shows a wedding photo of a bride, Miss B. Mortimer and her wedding party from 1 April 1951 in Kennington Road (to the right the bridesmaid and father of the bride).

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 1

A plaque honouring Jeanie Nassau Senior will be unveiled this Friday, 4 July, at 2pm at Battersea Arts Centre, the site of Elm House where she lived with her husband. Organised by the Battersea Society. All welcome.

Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jun 28

1/3 Jeanie Senior (nee Hughes) b1828 was an energetic social reformer/philanthropist who lived some of her married life at Elm House, Clapham. She had many causes but in particular the progress of young girls when they left the workhouse, leading to her appointment as 1st woman civil servant 1873 …

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 1

Wimbledon champion Dora Boothby lived in Harold Road, Upper Norwood in 1901, later living in South Norwood Hill. She won silver medal at the 1908 Olympics, the 1909 Ladies Singles Champion at Wimbledon, also winning the mixed doubles title in Badminton Championships same year.

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jul 1

But in London you get the additional treat of humidity

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Cécile Archives @cecilearchives.bsky.social · Jun 30

Criminal!!!

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jun 29

NEW: The death shadow cast by Musk.

“When U.S.-supported soup kitchens were forced to close, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food.”

The world’s richest man did this to the world’s poorest children.

Don’t ever forget.

In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jun 30

2/2 It was not an easy struggle but ultimately her campaigns brought success for the community.
Dora was awarded an MBE in 1993 but sadly died, too young, in 2001 aged 43.
More: lambeth.blackthrive.org/blogs/lambet...

Lambeth Hidden Stories: Dora Boatemah

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Women of South London @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social · Jun 30

1/2 Dora Boetemah b1957 Ghana, housing activist. 1977 moved to Angell Town Estate, Brixton, 1987 founded Angell Town Community Project to ensure tenants were fully involved with voting rights in the redevelopment of their estate.

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brixtonblog.bsky.social @brixtonblog.bsky.social · Jun 30

‘Sheroes’ of Angell Town honoured

Two of the “sheroes” of Brixton were honoured and remembered with a ceremony in Angell Town. As people living on the estate celebrated with their 14th annual Community Big Lunch, new benches, a book exchange and plaques honouring Dr Dora Boatemah MBE “the Mother…

‘Sheroes’ of Angell Town honoured

Two of the “sheroes” of Brixton were honoured and remembered with a ceremony in Angell Town. As people living on the estate celebrated with their 14th annual Community Big Lunch, new benches, a book exchange and plaques honouring Dr Dora Boatemah MBE “the Mother of Angell Town” and Margarette “Madge” Davids were unveiled. Dora Boatemah founded the Angell Town Community Project (ATCP) in 1983 and was responsible for starting the long and continuing campaign for regeneration and community facilities in Angell Town.

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London SE1 community website @se1.news · Jun 29

On this day 240 years ago at St George's Circus, Mrs Sage ascended in Vicenzo Lunardi's hot air balloon and became the first British woman to fly.

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The Great British Art Tour: Mrs Sage takes to the skies with ham and hot air

With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: the Science Museum’s Mrs Sage

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