"In North America, IMM Lifestyle Books are distributed by Fox Chapel Publishing." Includes index.
Contents:
Welcome to women's London -- How to use this book -- The woman who put London on the map -- Round and blue: plaques in London -- A timeline of British female firsts -- Women's London on foot -- Wonderful women of Whitechapel -- Bonnets, banners and bands: the Salvation Army women's social work -- In the footsteps of Henrietta Barnett -- Mothers to militants: migrant women -- Battling belles of bow: in the footsteps of Sylvia Pankhurst -- Science, suffrage and the stage: Covent Garden and the LSE -- Caring and campaigning, brilliant and bohemian: Bloomsbury Women -- A Marylebone miscellany -- Ladies' and gentlemen's St James's -- Warring, worthy, mothers and martyrs: women of Westminster -- Ballet, botany, soldiers and the stage: curious Chelsea -- Artists and authors in abundance: Hampstead -- Breaking the glass ceiling: the city -- Women in the frame -- Women on a pedestal -- London's female streetscape -- Spirit of Soho -- Holloway Prison -- Literary ladies -- Medical ladies -- Where they lived -- Where they lie -- Further afield -- Culture and campaigns -- Cheers!.
Summary:
"Collection of self-guided walking tours to explore the places associated with important women who left their mark on London's heritage, culture, and society"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.