1914: East London Federation of Suffragettes formed by Sylvia Pankhurst

1904: Daisy Greville (nee Maynard) joins the Social Democratic Federation, Britain’s first socialist political party. She would become one of its major funders

1900: Ayah’s home for abandoned Indian nannies opened in Hackney by Mrs Rogers

1888: Match Women Strike at the Bryant & May factory by mostly young working class Irish women