Battling Belles of Bow – LFN – 16th July 2011
Battling Belles of Bow – Saturday 16th July, 2.30pm
Follow in the footsteps of Sylvia Pankhurst who chose east London as the starting point for her campaign for women’s suffrage. Seeing the plight of the working women and mothers she also established a creche, restaurant and model toy factory in the area.
East End women were key to the success of the Suffragette movement and this tour with Blue Badge Guide Rachel Kolsky highlights their supporters and their workplaces including the famous Bryant & May Match Factory, site of the Match girls’ strike of 1888.
A proportion of the money raised will go towards the funding costs of the annual Reclaim the Night march, organised by the London Feminist Network every November.
£10.00. Book via info@golondontours.com / 020 8883 4169.
Meeting place provided on booking.
