Welcome to Rebel Women, a podcast about the history of troublemakers in East London. This corner of Britain's capital has seen multiple waves of migration, poverty and persecution. Sometimes feared, always looked down upon, the residents have struggled.
But out of these struggles rose up some of history's greatest radicals leaders - leaders of movements that have changed both the local landscape, and wider society too. Many of them were women. And most you will have never heard about, despite their huge achievements.
Esther Freeman has spent five years poking around in archives and conducting oral history interviews, pulling together a collection of East London's hidden histories. These women shaped our society, they fought on when nobody thought they could win. There is so much we can achieve by honouring their memories and learning their lessons.
Our first series features nine stories. We will introduce you to lesbian suffragettes; the socialist socialite Daisy Greville; and the Dagenham Ford Machinists, a group of working class women who ushered in the 1970 Equal Pay Act.
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What got you through lockdown? Was it the Zoom calls with your relatives, the What’s App groups for your street? For me it was being able to order copious amounts of craft materials through Amazon, to fill those endless hours at home with my daughter.
So imagine what it was like in 1918 when they had none of these things? How did they ever get through it? Well the truth is a lot of them didn’t, because a lot of them simply died.
This is the last episode of our current series on women and pandemics. If you are looking for more stories, visit our website at www.beyondmedicine.org.uk (https://beyondmedicine.org.uk/)
This current series of Rebel Women is part of Beyond Medicine: a social history of women and pandemics. Visit our online exhibition at www.beyondmedicine.org.uk (https://beyondmedicine.org.uk/) You may also like to watch our short film about women and pandemic on You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHzyxzO_dCMzNrsFynlOn2g).
Special thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for funding this episode.
Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music.
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4 Aug 2023
Lockdown Legends: the women of the vaccine clinics
During lockdown Averil Pooten Watan organised pop up clinics for undocumented migrants, many of whom were working with older and other vulnerable people. She illustrates the huge impact community volunteers can have. By reaching out to the most marginalised, she not only saved lives, but stopped the spread of Covid-19.
In this fifth series of Rebel Women, we’re resetting a little. Because the women we’re featuring this time were definitely not our usual “troublemakers”. Some of them may have been in their previous lives, but in the spring of 2020 they were the ones holding everything together.
This current series of Rebel Women is part of Beyond Medicine: a social history of women and pandemics. Visit our online exhibition at www.beyondmedicine.org.uk (https://open.acast.com/shows/5ef5e6dae394f969b76ed89b/episodes/www.beyondmedicine.org.uk)You may also like to watch our short film about women and pandemic on You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-iOZOiBmwQ&ab_channel=WomenActivistsofEastLondon).
Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EastLondonWomenActivists), You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHzyxzO_dCMzNrsFynlOn2g), Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@shareukhistory), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/share.uk/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/Share_UK),
Special thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for funding this episode.
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20 Jul 2023
Lockdown Legends: The women of the food bank pt 2
Chrys Christy works with community groups and the police in one of East London’s most deprived areas. When lockdown struck she had one major concern – how would people get food. She knew the community would need help.
In this fifth series of Rebel Women, we’re resetting a little. Because the women we’re featuring this time were definitely not our usual “troublemakers”. Some of them may have been in their previous lives, but in the spring of 2020 they were the ones holding everything together.
This current series of Rebel Women is part of Beyond Medicine: a social history of women and pandemics. Visit our online exhibition at www.beyondmedicine.org.uk (www.beyondmedicine.org.uk )You may also like to watch our short film about women and pandemic on You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-iOZOiBmwQ&ab_channel=WomenActivistsofEastLondon).
Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/EastLondonWomenActivists), You Tube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHzyxzO_dCMzNrsFynlOn2g), Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@shareukhistory), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/share.uk/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/Share_UK),
Special thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for funding this episode.
Main theme by Dano Songs (https://danosongs.com/). Incidental music by Purple Planet Music. (https://www.purple-planet.com/)
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