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Research has shown that only 14% of the Blue Plaques erected and maintained by English Heritage are dedicated to women. There is a campaign allowing members of the public to nominate women who deserve a plaque to honour their contribution to British Heritage, to find out more click here.
Ada Lovelace | Pioneer of Computing
12 St James’ Square, St James’ London SW1Y 4LB
Agnes Arber| Botanist
9 Elsworthy Terrace, Primrose Hill, London NW3 3DR
Alice Meynell | Suffragette
47 Palace Court, Bayswater, London W2 4LS
Amelia Edwards | Egyptologist
19 Wharton Street, Islington, WC1X 9PT
Amy Johnson | Aviator
Vernon Court, Hendon Way, Cricklewood NW2 2PE
Ann Oldfield | Actress
60 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, W1K 3HZ
Anna Freud | Pioneer...Read More
Research has shown that only 14% of the Blue Plaques erected and maintained by English Heritage are dedicated to women. There is a campaign allowing members of the public to nominate women who deserve a plaque to honour their contribution to British Heritage, to find out more click here.
Ada Lovelace | Pioneer of Computing
12 St James’ Square, St James’ London SW1Y 4LB
Agnes Arber| Botanist
9 Elsworthy Terrace, Primrose Hill, London NW3 3DR
Alice Meynell | Suffragette
47 Palace Court, Bayswater, London W2 4LS
Amelia Edwards | Egyptologist
19 Wharton Street, Islington, WC1X 9PT
Amy Johnson | Aviator
Vernon Court, Hendon Way, Cricklewood NW2 2PE
Ann Oldfield | Actress
60 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, W1K 3HZ
Anna Freud | Pioneer psychoanalyst
The Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead NW3 5SD
Anna Maria Garthwaite | Textile designer who designed Spitalfields Silks
2 Princelet Street, Spitalfields E1 6QH
Annie Besant | Social reformer
39 Colby Road, Gipsy Hill, London SE19 1HA
Ava Gardener | Entertainer
34 Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge SW7 1AE
Barbara Hammond (shares the plaque with her husband) | Historian
Hollycot, Vale of Health, Hampstead NW3 1BB
Barbara Hepworth (shares the plaque with John Skeaping) | Sculptor
24 St Ann’s Terrace, London NW8 6PJ
Beatrice Webb (shares the plaque with her husband) | Founder of LSE
The Cottage, 1 Netherhall Gardens, Hampstead NW3 5RN
Caroline Chisholm | Philantropist
32 Charlton Place, Islington, N1 8AQ
Christina Rossetti | Poet
30 Torrington Square, Bloomsbury WC1E 7JL
Christine Granville | Spy
1 Lexham Gardens, London W8 5JD
Constance Spry | Florist
64 Audley Street, Mayfair W1K 2QU
Dame Agatha Christie | Writer
58 Sheffield Terrace, Holland Park, London W8 7NA
Dame Celia Johnson | Actress
46 Richmond Hill, Richmond, London TW10 4QX
Dame Clara Butt | Singer
7 Harley Road, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 3BX
Dame Ellen Terry | Shakespearean actress
22 Barkston Gardens, Earls Court SW5 0ER
Dame Edith Evans | Actress
109 Ebury Street, Belgravia, SW1W 9QU
Dame Edwina Mountbatten (shares plaque with her husband, Earl Louis Mountbatten) | The last Vicereine of India
2 Wilton Crescent Belgravia SW1X 8RN
Dame Gracie Fields | Entertainer
72A Upper Street Islington, London N1 0NY
Dame Ida Mann | Ophthalmologist
13 Minster Road, West Hampstead NW2 3SE
Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett | Novelist
5 Braemar Mansions, Cornwall Gardens, Kensington SW7 4AF
Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan | Botanist
Flat 93 Bedford Court Mansions, Fitzrovia WC1B 3AE
Dame Henrietta Barnett (shares plaque with husband) | Founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb
Heath End House, Spaniards Road, Hampstead NW3 7JE
Dame Laura Knight (shares plaque with husband) | Artist
16 Langford Place, St John’s Wood, London, NW8
Dame Lucie Rie | Potter
18 Albion Mews, Paddington W2 2BA
Dame Marie Rambert | Founder of Ballet Rambert dance company
19 Campden Hill Gardens, Holland Park, London W8 7AX
Dame Margaret Rutherford | Actor
4 Berkeley Place, Wimbledon SW19 4NN
Dame Marie Tempest | Entertainer
24 Park Crescent, Regent’s Park W1B 1AL
Dame Margot Fonteyn | Prima Ballerina
118 Long Acre, Covent Garden WC2E 9PA
Dame Myra Hess | Pianist
48 Wildwood Road, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London NW11 6UP
Dame Nellie Melba | Opera Singer
Combe House, Devey Close, Coombe KT2 7DT
Dame Ninette de Valois | Founder of the Royal Ballet
The Terrace, Barnes, London SW13 0NP
Dame Sybil Thorndike | Shakespearean actress
6 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, SW3 6EX
Dorothea Lambert Chambers | Tennis champion
7 North Common Road, Ealing W5 2QA
Dorothy L Sayers | Crime Writer
24 Great James Street, Holburn, London WC1N 3ES
Dorothy Bland | Actress
30 Cadogan Place, Chelsea SW1
Edith Cavell | Pioneer in modern nursing
London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel E1 1BZ
Edith Sitwell | Poet
64 Greenhill, Hampstead High Street, Hampstead NW3 5TZ
Eleanor Marx | Socialist campaigner
7 Jews Walk, Sydenham, London SE26 6PL
Eleanor Rathbone | MP
47 Tufton Court, Tufton Street, Westminster SW1P 3QL
Elisabeth Welch | Singer
201 Brompton Road, London SW3 1LA
Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Poet
50 Wimpole Street, Marylebone W1G 8SQ
Elizabeth Bowen | Novelist
30 Clarence Terrace, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RD
Elizabeth David | Cookery writer
4 Halsey Street Chelsea SW3 2PT
Elizabeth Garret Anderson | First female doctor
20 Upper Berkeley Street, Marlybone W1H 7PF
Emily Davis | Founder of Girton College, Cambridge
17 Cunningham Place, Lisson Grove, London NW8
Emmeline Pankhurst and Dame Christabel Pankhurst | Campaigners for Women’s Rights
50 Clarendon Road, Notting Hill, London W11 3AD
Emma Cons | Founder of the Old Vic Theatre
136 Seymour Place, Marylebone, London W1H 1NT
Enid Bagnold | Writer
29 Hyde Park Gate, South Kensington, SW17 5DJ
Enid Blyton | Author
207 Hook Road, Chessington KT9 1EA
Ethel Gordon Fenwick | Nurse
20 Upper Wimpole Street, Marylebone, London W1G 6LZ
Evelyn de Morgan (shares the plaque with her husband) | Artist
127 Old Church Street, Chelsea SW3 6EB
Fanny Burney (aka Madame D’Arblay) | Novelist
11 Bolton Street, Mayfair, W1J 8BB
Florence Nightingale | Founder of modern nursing
10 South Street, Mayfair, W1K 1DF
Frances Hodgson Burnett | Author
63 Portland Place, Marylebone, London W1B 1QR
Frances Mary Buss | Pioneer of education for women
Camden School for Girls, Sandall Road, Kentish Town, London NW5 2DB
George Eliot | Novelist
4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea SW3 5QZ
Georgette Heyer | Novelist
103 Woodside Wimbledon, London SW19 7BA
Hertha Ayrton | Engineer
3 Norfolk Square, Paddington, W2 1RU
Jane Francesca | Poet
87 Oakley Street, Chelsea SW3 5NP
Jane Loudon (shares plaque with her husband) | Writer
3 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London W2 3TH
Jean Rhys | Writer
Paultons House, Paultons Square, Chelsea SW3 5EW
Jennie Lee (shares the plaque with Aneurin Bevan, her husband) | Labour MP, Founded the Open University as Minister for the Arts
23 Clivedon Place, Belgravia, London SW1W 8HD
Jenny Lind | Singer
1 The Boltons, London SW5 OLP
Joanna Braille | Poet
Bolton House, Windmill Hill, Hampstead, London NW3 6SJ
Josephine Butler | Champion of women’s suffrage
8 North View, Wimbledon SW19 4UJ
Joyce Grenfell | Entertainer
34 Elm Park Gardens, Chelsea SW10 9NZ
Kate Greenaway | Writer
39 Frognal, Hampstead, London NW3 6YD
Kathleen Ferrier | Singer
97 Frognal, Hampstead, London NW3 6YD
Kathleen Godfree | Most decorated female Olympian and tennis champion
55 York Avenue, East Sheen, London SW14 7LQ
Katherine Mansfield (shares the plaque with her husband) | Writer
17 East Heath Road, Hampstead London NW3 1AL
Lilian Baylis | Theatre manager
27 Stockwell Park Road, Stockwell, London SW9 0AP
Lilian Lindsay | First female dentist
23 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0XG
Lillie Langtry | Actress
Cadogan Hotel, 21 Pont Street, Chelsea SW1X 9SG
Lady Ottoline Morrell | Patron of the Arts
10 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 6DP
Maria Dickin | Founder of the PDSA
41 Cassland Road, Hackney, London E9 7AL
Marie Lloyd | Entertainer
55 Graham Road Hackney, London E8 1PB
Marie Stopes | Promotor of sex education and birth control
28 Cintra Park, Upper Norwood, London SW19 2LH
Marie Taglioni | Ballet dancer
14 Connaught Square, Paddington W2 2HG
Marie Tussaud | Wax Artist
24 Wellington Road, St John’s Wood NW8 9SP
Marion Dorn | Textile designer
Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street, Chelsea SW3 5RY
Margaret Lockwood | Actor
14 Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London SE19 1DP
Martina Bergman-Österberg | Pioneer of PE for women
1 Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead NW6 3QX
Mary Hughes | Charity worker
71 Vallance Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 5BS
Mary Macarthur | Trade Unionist
42 Woodstock Road, Golders Green, London NW11 8ER
Mary Seacole | Nurse and war heroine
14 Soho Square, Soho London W1D 3QG
Mary Shelley | Author
24 Chester Square Belgravia, London SW1W 9HS
Melanie Klein | Psychoanalyst
42 Clifton Hill, St John’s Wood, London NW8 0QG
Millicent Fawcett | Pioneer of women’s suffrage
2 Gower Street, Bloomsbury WC1E 6DP
Mrs Gaskell (Elizabeth Gaskell) | Novelist
93 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea SW10 0DQ
Nancy Astor | First female MP
4 St James’ Square, Westminster SW1Y 6JU
Nancy Mitford | Author
10 Curzon Street, Mayfair W1J 5HH
Noor Inayat Khan | First Muslim war hero and first female radio operator sent to the front lines
4 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BT
Octavia Hill | Co-founder of the National Trust
2 Garbutt Place, Marylebone, London W1U 4DS
Ouida (pseudonym of Maria Louise Rame) | Novelist
11 Ravenscourt Square, Hammersmith W6 0TW
Rachel McMillan and Margaret McMillan | Pioneers of Nursery Education
51 Tweedy Road, Bromley, London BR1 3NH
Rosalind Franklin | Chemist
Drayton Gardens, Chelsea SW10 9QS
Rose Macaulay | Writer
11-14 Hinde Street, Marylebone W1U 3BG
Ruth First (shares the plaque with Joe Slovo) | Freedom Fighter
13 Lyme Street, Camden Town NW1 0EH
Sister Nivedita (aka Margaret Noble) | Teacher and campaigner for Indian independence
21A High Street, Wimbledon SW19 5DX
Stella Lady Reading | Founder of the Women’s Voluntary Services
41 Tothill Street, Westminster SW1H 9LQ
Stevie Smith | Poet
1 Avondale Road, Palmers Green, London N13 4DX
Susan Lawrence | Labour MP
Wesbourne Terrace, Paddington W2 3UH
Sylvia Pankhurst | Campaigner for Women’s Rights
120 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea SW10 0ES
Sylvia Plath | Poet
3 Chalcot Square, Primrose Hill, London NW1 8YB
Tamara Karsavina | Ballerina
108 Frognal, Hampstead, London NW3 6XU
Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby | Writers
58 Doughty Street, Holborn, London WC1N 2LS
Violet Bonham Carter | Politican
43 Gloucester Square, Paddington W2 2TQ
Violette Szabo | Spy
18 Burnley Road, Stockwell, London SW9 0SJ
Virginia Woolf | Novelist
29 Fitzroy Square, Fitzrovia, London WIT 5LP
(also shares a plaque with her husband at Hogarth House, 34 Paradise Road, Richmond TW9 1SE)
Vita Sackville West (shares a plaque with her husband) | Writer and gardener
182 Ebury Street, Belgravia, London SW1W 8UP
Vivien Leigh | Actress
54 Eaton Square, Belgravia, London SW1W 9BE
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