Hackney History News Today

"We have plenty of women like that who are heroic and unproblematic. But having those outlier women who make the huge breakthroughs doesnt tell you much about ordinary life, and we wanted to give snapshots that shed light on challenges faced in the past." Some of the more famous subjects include music hall singer Marie Lloyd and 18 th century businesswoman Eleanor Coade, who manufactured an artificial stone used on Buckingham Palace and the Brighton Pavilion, who was formerly a linen draper in...