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Women Of London

Name: Women Of London
Address: London, GB
Telephone: +447940376659
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29/04/2024

As another fantastic month comes to an end we welcome in warmer days and more of our walking tours through Spring, sharing the many stories of the women throughout London’s history.

You can book to join our walking tours running this week and beyond via our website: (Furry friends welcome 🐶)

- Wednesday 1st 2pm Westminster
- Friday 3rd 2pm East End
- Sunday 5th 2pm Westminster

01/03/2024

Happy Womens History Month 💪🥳

March marks a month of fantastic events celebrating women throughout history, our walking tours are running throughout the month (and beyond) including over

You can join our Women of Bloomsbury tour and learn about female pioneers in medicine, writing, art and much more!

27/02/2024

With 10 days to go until tickets to our Women in Art tour are selling fast!

Join for a 2.5hr tour around the National Gallery exploring female painters in the collection:
- 8th March 10am : 3 spaces remaining
- 8th March 6pm: 6 spaces remaining
- 9th March 10am: 4 spaces remaining

Bookings via our website and Eventbrite - link in bio!

23/02/2024

This week we hosted a student group on our Working Women of the East End tour - the students are here for a few months on their study abroad and one of the courses they are taking looks at womens movements like the the Match Strike and the Suffragettes 💪

With only two weeks to go until why not check out our public tours and come along for an educational and inspiring walking tour!

13/02/2024

“I am sure however many years I keep this diary, I shall never find a winter to beat this. It seems to have lost all self control.” – Virginia Woolf, Diary, February 13, 1915

With sunshine yesterday, rain and wind today, we could not agree with this quote more, written in 1915

Despite the winter lingering we are busy with tours running everyday this week, book to join our Bloomsbury tour running tomorrow and Saturday at 10am!

09/02/2024

When we cross into historical East London on our Working Women of the East End walking tour we do it via one of the surviving parts of the Roman and Medieval Wall.

The wall shown here with two of our guests symbolised a divide between the wealth and power of the City and the poverty beyond the wall, on the tour we explore this idea and what it meant for the women living in the area.

Join this tour and others this month:
- East End - Sunday 11th 2pm, Friday 16th 10am
- Bloomsbury - Monday 12th 2pm, Wednesday 14th 10am, Saturday 17th 10am
- Westminster - Tuesday 13th 10am

06/02/2024

March is approaching and is just over a month away, and although we are running tours over the week and day itself the great thing about our company is we offer our walks all year around, because we believe womens history should not just be celebrated and highlighted in March but all year!

Our Women of Westminster tour which shares stories of women in Literature, nursing, both world wars and suffrage is running tomorrow at 2pm as well as next Tuesday at 10am - book via link in website

02/02/2024

Next week we will be heading to Tower Hamlets archive to continue our research on Miriam Moses who’s features on our East End tour!

A social reformer and local politician, little is known about this women despite dedicating her life to helping the people of East London, join our walking tour running tomorrow at 2pm as well as next Sunday to find out more - bookings via our website 💪

27/01/2024

Our tour around the British Museum is running tomorrow and Tuesday at 2pm, as well as over - spaces are limited so book now and join us to explore the collection through objects linked to female empowerment including this fantastic statue to the Hindu Goddess Kali

26/01/2024

Susanna Annesley was born in this house in East London in January 1669, according to records she was the youngest of 25 children… YES… 25 😳

Although often known because of her sons achievements, she was an extremely interesting women who believed womens education was the key to empowerment, an education that she herself longed for, but was unable to access.

Join our East end tour, running tomorrow and next Saturday at 2pm to learn more about this women and others!

11/01/2024

During the cold weather season we have been including a break at the wonderful Toynbee Hall, it’s a great place to stop and let our guests warm up with a hot drink and also to support the local charity which has been helping the people of East London since 1884

Booking open for tours through January including tomorrow at 10am

08/01/2024

At the end of 2023 we hosted a walking tour for the founder of .of.amsterdam and her family, it’s great to see other companies opening up across the world to offer travellers and locals a chance to experience history through the achievements of women!

We can’t wait to travel to Amsterdam and join in!

This week we are offering our East End tour tomorrow & Friday at 10am, and our Westminster tour on Saturday at 2pm

05/01/2024

Last year was our best year for taking student groups from across the globe and we already have some booked in for 2024. 🌏

On our East End tour we discuss the creation of Wash Houses and share the story of the women behind the concept, as well as women who helped keep them open when funding was scarce.

You can book to join one of our public tours now, or drop us a message if you are looking to book for a group or event - www.womenoflondon.org.I’m

02/01/2024

Happy New Year!

A little belated but we took some well earned time off yesterday and are back catching up today! We hope you had a great end to 2023 and a nice start to 2024!

Our first tour of 2024 is running on Thursday at 10am and you can join us by booking online, we are also delaying our monthly newsletter until the start of next week as there is some exciting stuff to announce, watch this space 💪

#2024

21/12/2023

Occasionally, due to events in Westminster, we have to take an alternative route, on this tour we popped by the see the Suffragette Memorial in Christchurch Gardens, which is nearby Caxton Hall where the women met to hold their own Womens Parliament - although not a regular feature, we discuss all things suffrage on our tour, so book now to join us - www.womenoflondon.org.uk

The last tours of the year:
- Tomorrow Westminster 2pm
- 29th East End 1pm
- 31st East End 2pm

17/12/2023

As the nights draw in and the shortest day of the year approaches our walking tours are often ending in darkness which adds another discussion point to the tours about visibility of memorials and how the designs can make such a difference - this Women Of World War Two memorial is imposing and thought provoking, join our Westminster tour to learn more about it and visit other memorials in the city to women

If you are still looking for something to do before the new year we have tours running this week coming and next or you can purchase a gift voucher as a Christmas present 🎁

07/12/2023

Our original tour, Women of Westminster is five years old!

We launched this tour to be able to offer a different perspective and experience to London’s royal and political centre, and it’s as popular as ever!

Book to join us on either tomorrow at 2pm or Sunday at 10am - link in bio!

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10/11/2023

Our Working Women of the East End tour is running 4 times in the next week including tomorrow morning at 10am!

Come along to visit this wonderful building Toynbee Hall and learn about the women involved in creation of this East London project and some of the women she helped and why - bookings open now

04/11/2023

“I would rather be a rebel than a slave.”

Join us tomorrow afternoon at 2pm to learn about the suffragette movement led by the rebellious Emmeline Pankhurst, and visit her statue in Victoria Tower Gardens 💪

31/10/2023

Happy Halloween 🎃

Looking for something to read to get in the spooky spirit?

Why not try Agatha. Christie’s ‘Hallowe'en Party’ first published in 1969 🎃👻

18/10/2023

Flashback to when we hosted a bachelorette party in the summer and we explored the themes of marriage through the writing and personal life of Virginia Woolf 💍💒

“For in marriage a little licence, a little independence there must be between people living together day in and day out in the same house; which Richard gave her, and she him” - a quote from Mrs Dalloway, published in 1925

With winter here and Christmas approaching why not contact us to host your Christmas work parties and support a small business - [email protected]

13/10/2023

“Our work is for humanity. The profession of nursing knows no frontiers”

Yesterday marked 108 years since World War One nurse Edith Cavell was executed for helping allied soldiers escape occupied Belgium.

In 2019 we went to Belgium to visit the place where she was executed and yesterday we went to visit the memorial in London where every year on October 12th she is honoured.

27/09/2023

Last week refuse workers in the borough of Tower Hamlet went on strike, as rubbish piled up, pressure grew and just yesterday a new pay deal for the workers was reached! 💪

Our east end tour on Friday at 10am will educate on the origins of strikes in the area, come along to learn more - link in bio!

17/09/2023

Tomorrow morning we are hosting our Working Women of the East End tour where we visit sites link to the Match Strike of 1888 - come along to learn more about the women who were involved and how they influenced working class movements in the years that followed!

15/09/2023

On the 13th of September 1944 World War Two spy Noor Inayat Khan was executed at Dachau Concentration Camp - learn more about her life in London and visit this bust of her on our Women of Bloomsbury walking tour running tomorrow at 10am

11/09/2023

Have you been to the Whitechapel area and stumble across the facade of this Victorian Washhouse?

Want to learn more about how they worked and the women involved in keeping this one open during hard times?

Book onto our East End tour which is running on Thursday at 10am to learn more!

05/09/2023

It looks like another few weeks of nice weather ahead, why not make the most of the sunshine and join one of our outdoor walking tours!

Join our East End tour to learn about silk designer Anna Maria Garthwaite who lived in this building and is buried in the church behind - book now via the link in our bio!

08/08/2023

Today we are off to host a private tour around the British Museum where we explore objects inside the museum related to women in ancient history.

We launched this tour in March for International Womens Day and it’s proving popular so we are offering it on a semi regular basis - you can book to join us on Monday 21st August, limited spaces available

05/08/2023

This coming week it’s all about our East End tour, running Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday - you can book to join us in exploring women like Henrietta Barnett who founded Toynbee Hall when she moved to East London in the 1800s

Her project which began as one of the worlds first University Settlements quickly became a place where many women found help in Victorian England and 139 years later is still helping the people of East London

23/07/2023

An exciting week ahead with 4 public and 1 private tour!

Tomorrow morning we host our East End tour and visit this house where Susanna Annesley was born in 1669, age 15 she wrote “if I was allowed to go to university I would go on to do great things”

Despite the education restrictions she still did make a lasting impact, come along tomorrow or Thursday to learn more!

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Monday	8am - 7pm
Tuesday	8am - 7pm
Wednesday	8am - 7pm
Thursday	8am - 7pm
Friday	8am - 7pm
Saturday	8am - 7pm
Sunday	8am - 7pm

Telephone

+447940376659

Website

http://www.womenoflondon.org.uk/

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It’s just over three weeks until #internationalwomensday - this year we are hosting 13 public tours over 3 days - you can book online now to join us and spend the 7th, 8th or 9th of March learning about women in London’s History 💪 ➡️ Myths, Mothers & Matriarch’s tour around the British Museum explores women from Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, China & India (limited spaces available) ➡️Our Women in Art tour is back and explores the female painters at the National Gallery (limited spaces available) ➡️ Our most popular walking tour Working Women of the East end is running at 2pm on the 7th, 8th & 9th ➡️ The first and original tour we launched in 2018, Women of Westminster is running at 10am on the 8th & 9th ➡️ The tour we researched during lockdown and launched afterwards, Women of Bloomsbury is running at 2pm on the 7th, 8th & 9th March Book now via our website - www.womenoflondon.org.uk #womeninhistory #womenshistory #londonhistory #london #londonevents #londonwalks #walkingtour #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodo #empowerment #westminster #eastend #bloomsbury #womeninart #britishmuseum #womenshistorymonth #iwd2024 #march

A fantastic afternoon yesterday exploring the Women In Revolt exhibition at the Tate Britain! It’s on until April so make sure you check it out!

The Changing of the Guard is back and we just had to get a video! #touristinmyowncity #changingoftheguard #itsgoodtobeback #marchingband #london #thingstodoinlondon #londonactivities

After a year of our #FavouriteFemaleFriday videos we have decided to stop them for now - Thanks go to our guides Charlotte, Olivia & Stéph for their hard work & to all who tuned in! Today’s video is a reminder of all the amazing women we have spoken about 👇

Did you know Britain’s first astronaut was a woman?!? Learn more about the incredible Helen Sharman with Charlotte in today’s #FavouriteFemaleFriday 👇

Join Olivia for this weeks #favouritefemalefriday and learn about Catharina "Toto" Koopman - a truly inspiring story! #womenshistory #fridaymotivation

It’s 100 years since the FA introduced a ban on women’s football at their membered grounds - learn more about the ban and one of the most successful female footballers, Lily Parr in today’s #FavouriteFemaleFriday with Becky Laxton-Bass

Inspired by our Women of Camden Virtual tour Charlotte has chosen to explore the life of Boater Sonia Rolt for this weeks #FavouriteFemaleFriday #whm2021 #womenshistorymonth

For today's #FavouriteFemaleFriday pay tribute with us to the indomitable Maureen Colquhoun, first openly lesbian MP and constant crusader for women's rights #womenshistorymonth

For today’s #favouritefemalefriday join Becky Laxton-Bass to learn about Janet Collins, an African American ballet dancer who fought against racial discrimination to become the first black dancer to join the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company #womenshistorymonth

“I feel now that you in your turn will go forward to destroy those monstrous customs & prejudices which have haunted the lives of generations of women” Learn more about Baroness Edith Summerskill with Charlotte in today’s #FavouriteFemaleFriday !

It’s just over a week to go until our first online event to mark #iwd2021 - here’s a reminder of the two online talks and four virtual tours we will be hosting to celebrate #womenshistorymonth Link in bio or DM us for more information ! #internationalwomensday #iwd2021 #virtual #onlinevents #thingstodoinlondon #london #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #womeninhistory #supportsmallbusiness #walkingtour

What do asteroid Lucretia, moon crater C. Herschel and satellite Caroline have in common? They're all named after today's Favourite Female Friday: astronomer Caroline Lucretia Herschel! Watch the video to learn more!

“There are three great powers struggling against Napoleon for the soul of Europe, England, Russia and Madame de Staël” Watch today’s #FavouriteFemaleFriday to learn about Germaine de Staël, who through her writings continued to be a thorn in Napoleon Bonaparte’s side #herstory