She was the leader of the peaceful campaign for women's suffrage and the co-founder of Newham College in Cambridge. She lived at this address for 45 years when in 1928 she saw women finally achieve equal voting rights with men.
Millicent Fawcett 1847 - 1929
2 Gower street, Bloomsbury
Political activist and writer
Lived and died here
British-American novelist and playwright, she is best remembered for her children's novels The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Whilst living at this address she wrote her historical novel A Lady of Quality.
Frances Burnett 1849 - 1924
63 Portland Place, Marylebone
Writer
Lived here
Widely regarded as the greatest ballet dancer of her generation, she spent her entire career dancing with the Royal Ballet. She was eventually awarded the rare honour of prima ballerina assoluta by Queen Elizabeth II.
Margot Fonteyn 1919 - 1991
118 Long Acre, Covent Garden
Prima Ballerina Assoluta
Lived in flat 9 while performing at the the nearby Royal Opera House.
A very successful leading actress of Drury Lane Theatre, she was offered to become manager but being a woman prevented that. She was subsequently offered a salary raise making her the highest paid actresses of her time.
Ann Oldfield 1683 - 1730
60 Grosvenor street, Mayfair
Actress
First occupant of this house.
A prolific writer of fiction, poetry, biographies and travelogues. Her final novel, generally regarded as her masterpiece The Towers of Trebizond is about a small Anglo-Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel.
Rose Macaulay 1881 - 1958
11-14 Hinde street, Marylebone
Writer
Lived and died here
She was a social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.She came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople.
Florence Nightingale 1820 - 1910
10 South street, Mayfair
Nurse
Lived and died in a house on this site.
Famous for her nursing work in the Crimean War where she assisted the sick and wounded military personnel. She famously was the first black woman to publish an autobiography in Britain.
Mary Seacole 1805 - 1881
14 Soho Square, Soho
Nurse
Lived here
A published poet, she is best known for her ballads and her mythic, religious lyrics. She wrote romantic and children's poems which marked her as a significant voice of Victorian literature.
Christina Rossetti 1880 - 1894
30 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury
Poet
Lived and died here
The first woman to sit in Parliament, holding her seat for over 25 years. She was an advocate for welfare, temperance, education reform and women's rights. She received criticism for her antisemitism and sympethetic view of Nazism.
Nancy Astor 1879 - 1964
4 St James's Square, St James's
Politician
Lived here
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She was the leader of the peaceful campaign for women's suffrage and the co-founder of Newham College in Cambridge. She lived at this address for 45 years when in 1928 she saw women finally achieve equal voting rights with men.
Millicent Fawcett 1847 - 1929
2 Gower street, Bloomsbury
Political activist and writer
Lived and died here
British-American novelist and playwright, she is best remembered for her children's novels The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Whilst living at this address she wrote her historical novel A Lady of Quality.
Frances Burnett 1849 - 1924
63 Portland Place, Marylebone
Writer
Lived here
Widely regarded as the greatest ballet dancer of her generation, she spent her entire career dancing with the Royal Ballet. She was eventually awarded the rare honour of prima ballerina assoluta by Queen Elizabeth II.
Margot Fonteyn 1919 - 1991
118 Long Acre, Covent Garden
Prima Ballerina Assoluta
Lived in flat 9 while performing at the the nearby Royal Opera House.
A very successful leading actress of Drury Lane Theatre, she was offered to become manager but being a woman prevented that. She was subsequently offered a salary raise making her the highest paid actresses of her time.
Ann Oldfield 1683 - 1730
60 Grosvenor street, Mayfair
Actress
First occupant of this house.
A prolific writer of fiction, poetry, biographies and travelogues. Her final novel, generally regarded as her masterpiece The Towers of Trebizond is about a small Anglo-Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel.
Rose Macaulay 1881 - 1958
11-14 Hinde street, Marylebone
Writer
Lived and died here
She was a social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.She came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople.
Florence Nightingale 1820 - 1910
10 South street, Mayfair
Nurse
Lived and died in a house on this site.
Famous for her nursing work in the Crimean War where she assisted the sick and wounded military personnel. She famously was the first black woman to publish an autobiography in Britain.
Mary Seacole 1805 - 1881
14 Soho Square, Soho
Nurse
Lived here
A published poet, she is best known for her ballads and her mythic, religious lyrics. She wrote romantic and children's poems which marked her as a significant voice of Victorian literature.
Christina Rossetti 1880 - 1894
30 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury
Poet
Lived and died here
The first woman to sit in Parliament, holding her seat for over 25 years. She was an advocate for welfare, temperance, education reform and women's rights. She received criticism for her antisemitism and sympethetic view of Nazism.
Nancy Astor 1879 - 1964
4 St James's Square, St James's
Politician
Lived here