Journalist and activist Claudia Jones among five women whose life and legacy will be marked by English Heritage
Notting Hill carnivalClaudia Jones, a feminist, political activist and journalist who was born in Trinidad in 1915, is one of five women whose achievements and legacy will be marked by EnglishJones came to the UK in 1955 from the US, where her activity as a member of the Communist party during the McCarthy era led to her imprisonment and deportation.
Jones died in 1964, aged 49. Her gravestone in Highgate cemetery in north London describes her as “a valiant fighter against racism and imperialism, who dedicated her life to the progress of socialism and the liberation of her own black people”. Davison, one of the best known campaigners for women’s right to vote, was repeatedly imprisoned, where she was kept in solitary confinement and was force-fed when on hunger strike. She died from injuries sustained when she ran in front of the king’s horse at the Derby in 1913. Her plaque will mark the house in Kensington, west London, where she lived while studying.
Ada Salter became mayor of Bermondsey in 1922 – the first Labour woman elected as a mayor in Britain. By the end of her term of office, the area in south London had a public health service and wash-houses, and plans were in place to build new housing and playgrounds, and plant thousands of trees. Her plaque will be erected at her Southwark home.
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