Women's London A Tour Guide to Great Lives [Paperback]

Women's London is the only guidebook that focuses on the women who have shaped London through the centuries and the legacy they have left behind. This new book provides the perfect opportunity to explore sights, statues, plaques and buildings associated with famous and some not so famous women who have left their mark on London's heritage, culture and society. Their stories include scientists and suffragettes, reformers and royals, military and medical pioneers, authors and artists, fashion and female firsts & and more. The author, a popular London tour guide and lecturer, specialises in women's history and has provided a series of original self-guided walking tours taking you to historic areas where important women lived, worked and are commemorated. Illustrated with new full-colour photography and specially commissioned maps, Women's London will inspire visitors and Londoners alike to discover how much London owes to women.

Discover the women who shaped London through the centuries and the legacy they left behind. Self-guided walking tours explore the places associated with important women who left their mark on London's heritage, culture and society.

??? The only guidebook focused on the women who have shaped London through the centuries.
??? Original self-guided walking tours take the reader to historic areas where important women lived, worked, and are commemorated.
??? Discover scientists and suffragettes, reformers and royals, military and medical pioneers, authors and artists, fashion and female firsts, and more
??? The author is a popular London tour guide and lecturer, specializing in women's history.
??? Illustrated with new full-color photography and specially commissioned maps.

Every page of this beautiful, bountiful book brings a new revelation. It's that rare breed of guide book that you'll want to rl