Old records mostly wrote about men: archbishops, kings, engineers and builders. That doesn't mean women weren't here! These are women connected to Lambeth that we know about. Can you find out about more?
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Goda
Built a church here
The sister of Edward the Confessor. Lambeth's church is recorded in 1062 as a church she built.
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Henrietta Barnett
1851–1936
Born here
A social reformer, educationist and author, born in Clapham. With her husband Samuel she founded Toynbee Hall in the East End of London in 1884, and they worked to set up Hampstead Garden Suburb.
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E. Nesbit
1858–1924
Born here
Edith Nesbit was born at 38 Lower Kennington Lane, Kennington. She wrote or worked on more than 60 books for children and others, and co-founded the Fabian Society.
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Hilda Hewlett
1864–1943
Born here
Born in Vauxhall, she was the first British woman to earn a pilot's licence. She ran the first flying school in the United Kingdom, with Gustav Blondeau, and an aircraft business that made more than 800 aeroplanes.
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Madame Yevonde
1893–1975
Born here
Yevonde Middleton, a photographer born in Streatham, was a pioneer of colour portrait photography, in a career of over 60 years.
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June Whitfield
1925–2018
Born here
An actress born at 44 Mount Ephraim Lane, Streatham. Her roles included Terry and June and Absolutely Fabulous on television, and Miss Marple on BBC Radio 4.