| Description |
264 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"In North America, IMM Lifestyle Books are distributed by Fox Chapel Publishing." |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Welcome to women's London -- How to use this book -- The woman who put London on the map -- Round and blue: plaques in London -- A timeline of British female firsts -- Women's London on foot -- Wonderful women of Whitechapel -- Bonnets, banners and bands: the Salvation Army women's social work -- In the footsteps of Henrietta Barnett -- Mothers to militants: migrant women -- Battling belles of bow: in the footsteps of Sylvia Pankhurst -- Science, suffrage and the stage: Covent Garden and the LSE -- Caring and campaigning, brilliant and bohemian: Bloomsbury Women -- A Marylebone miscellany -- Ladies' and gentlemen's St James's -- Warring, worthy, mothers and martyrs: women of Westminster -- Ballet, botany, soldiers and the stage: curious Chelsea -- Artists and authors in abundance: Hampstead -- Breaking the glass ceiling: the city -- Women in the frame -- Women on a pedestal -- London's female streetscape -- Spirit of Soho -- Holloway Prison -- Literary ladies -- Medical ladies -- Where they lived -- Where they lie -- Further afield -- Culture and campaigns -- Cheers!. |
| Summary |
"Collection of self-guided walking tours to explore the places associated with important women who left their mark on London's heritage, culture, and society"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Women -- England -- London -- Description and travel.
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Women -- England -- London -- Tours.
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London (England) -- Guidebooks.
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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Tours. (OCoLC)fst01423866
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| ISBN |
9781504800822 (paperback) |
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1504800826 (paperback) |
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