Women In Street Names Project

Published: 2nd May 2020

Women in Street Names Project launched last summer at a lunchtime talk at The Women's Library, LSE.

Women In Street Names Project

Not an original idea but most projects to date only take in a single city (London, New York, etc.).  I want entries from all over Great Britain and the island of Ireland.

I thought this might be a good time for people to trawl their memories of current and past homes and travels for hidden gems.  Some will be the well known  -  the Pankhursts, Curies and Cavells of this world.  Others will be obscure locals who, in their lives and locations, made a huge difference; or maybe recognised as wives or daughters of landowners/developers, but often with much of interest to tell.

Initial output will be a booklet of brief biographical notes.  I also intend to produce a paper on unconscious bias, culturalisation/socialisation, and the possible or actual or perceived impact on how women place themselves with particular regard to the impact on senior career positions.

No royals and gentry unless obscure or pre 16th century and, again, only saints if obscure (there are many thousands of St Anne's, etc. although I do have a penchant for some of the Anglo-Saxon saints).  

All entries to Carrie de Silva, cdesilva@harper-adams.ac.uk .

See further details on British Federation of Women Graduates website: https://bfwg.org.uk/bfwg2/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/street-names-project.pdf