Rebel Women trailer

07/06/20 • 2 min

Rebel Women is a podcast about the history of troublemakers in East London. This corner of Britain's capital has seen multiple waves of migration, poverty and persecution. Sometimes feared, always looked down upon, the residents have struggled.

But out of these struggles rose up some of history's greatest radicals leaders - leaders of movements that have changed both the local landscape, and wider society too. Many of them were women. And most you will have never heard about, despite their huge achievements.

Esther Freeman has spent five years poking around in archives and conducting oral history interviews, pulling together a collection of East London's hidden histories. These women shaped our society, they fought on when nobody thought they could win. There is so much we can achieve by honouring their memories and learning their lessons.

Our first series features nine stories. We will introduce you to lesbian suffragettes; the socialist socialite Daisy Greville; and the Dagenham Ford Machinists, a group of working class women who ushered in the 1970 Equal Pay Act.

Subscribe to our weekly podcast and discover more at eastlondonwomen.org.uk.

Music by DanoSongs

Produced and edited by Steve Woodward at podcastingeditor.com.

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Subscribe to our weekly podcast and discover more at eastlondonwomen.org.uk.

Music by DanoSongs

Produced and edited by Steve Woodward at podcastingeditor.com.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Minnie, Adelaide and Melvina

Rebel Women is a podcast about history's troublemakers.

These women chained themselves to railings, poured ink in postboxes and sometimes worse. One woman even followed Churchill on his public speaking tour, ringing a bell every time he tried to speak.

They defy everything we know about Victorian ladies. They were loud and angry; and they weren't afraid to show it. We feel that same anger today.

These women inspire us to keep fighting.

Today's show comes to you in three parts. Three parts for three stories about three women. Women who would risk everything for what they believed in.

For show notes, reading lists and further stories about East London women, visit our website eastlondonwomen.org.uk. Or find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram or Pinterest.

Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non-profit community group based in London.

Special thanks to the National Heritage Lottery Fund for their support of today's episode.

Main theme by DanoSongs. Incidental music by DanoSongs and Purple Planet Music.

Produced and edited by Steve Woodward at PodcastingEditor.com.

Further reading

Minnie Lansbury: suffragette, socialist and rebel councillor by Janine Booth

Adelaide Knight, leader of the first east London suffragettes (East End Women's Museum)

Adelaide Knight: the forgotten working class suffragette (The Telegraph)

Adelaide Knight (Wikipedia)

Jolly George, 1920: when British workers stood up for revolutionary Russia (Counterfire)

The suffragettes weren’t just white, middle-class women throwing stones (Sarah Jackson, The Guardian, 12 October 2015)

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