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Call to action on behalf of JKRowling

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Campervan69 · 22/07/2020 15:01

twitter.com/HairyLeggdHarpy/status/1285740486888693760?s=19

Rightho, followers

Took me one minute to complete this nomination for @jk_rowling for Kings Cross station.
Credit to @MForstater for the suggestion

Let's do this!

#IStandWithJKRowlings

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DurtySarf · 25/07/2020 17:42

Queen Elizabeth I for Richmond (site of her palace)

DurtySarf · 25/07/2020 17:21

Mary Donaldson for Mansion House. First female lord mayor of London.

Also Millicent Fawcett for Westminster

FortunesFavour · 25/07/2020 10:12

Splendid idea, thanks. I’ve just nominated fabulous JK Rowling

lovelylovelove · 25/07/2020 01:46

Lilian Board - Greenford.
A fantastic athlete who died of cancer very young.

Maerchentante · 24/07/2020 21:36

Virginia Woolf for Richmond Station

TransScandal · 24/07/2020 19:43

Done

merrymouse · 24/07/2020 18:16

Sorry I WOULD nominate her for Holborn.

merrymouse · 24/07/2020 18:14

I wouldn't nominate her for Holborn tube station because it is near Lincoln's Inn.

merrymouse · 24/07/2020 18:13

Honestly I think its best to name things after people who are no longer alive.

I would nominate Gwyneth Bebb. She was the plaintiff in Bebb v Law Society, arguing that she should be admitted as a member if she passed the exam.

Unfortunately she lost her case (The Law Society successfully argued that the term 'person' didn't include women), and wasn't able to take full advantage of the Sex Disqualification Removal Act 1919 because she died following complications due to Placentia Previa in 1921.

Artesia · 24/07/2020 17:48

Mary Anning for south ken, near the natural history museum where her amazing fossil finds are displayed?

Amazing woman- Her findings contributed to changes in scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth, but as a woman, she was not eligible to join the Geological Society of London and she did not always receive full credit for her scientific contributions.

If only she had thought to identify as a man....

TheClitterati · 24/07/2020 17:42

Hibo Wardere for Walthamstow

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibo_Wardere

TheClitterati · 24/07/2020 17:40

Vivienne Westwood for Kings Road? Or is there somewhere else she is associated with?

There is no Kings Road station and the Kings Road shop is at Worlds End (famously miles from a station) - so it would be either Slone Square or Fulham Broadway? Perhaps South Ken?

HollowTalk · 23/07/2020 17:03

Mind you, Erin is sounding well dodgy now.

ImaginaryCat · 23/07/2020 17:02

I've nominated Martina for Southfields. Despite the name, Wimbledon is actually a fair old hike from the tennis club, and even Wimbledon Park is further than Southfields. So like all women should I'm remaining true to my South of the River self. Will this bugger up the count?

HollowTalk · 23/07/2020 17:01

Erin Pizzey for Chiswick would be great. She opened the first women's refuge for domestic abuse victims in the UK in 1971.

Tanith · 23/07/2020 16:27

Antonia Forest for Hampstead

CaveMum · 23/07/2020 15:48

How about Emily Davison for Morden Station - it’s the closest one I can find to Epsom, where she threw herself in front of the King’s horse during the 1913 Derby.

CaveMum · 23/07/2020 15:45

Done

Highfalutinlootin · 23/07/2020 09:06

Done!

Al1Langdownthecleghole · 23/07/2020 09:03

I've just looked up Jennie Lee who was made Baroness of the city of Westminster, although also has a blue plaque in Chelsea.

The OU has helped thousands of women with children to achieve part-time qualifications.

Cuntysnark · 23/07/2020 09:03

Done

peekaboob · 23/07/2020 08:51

Done. Also cited her contribution to the tourism industry worldwide. I doubt Universal Studios would have the visitors it does without JK!

Al1Langdownthecleghole · 23/07/2020 08:27

Want to nominate Barbara Castle but not a Londoner. Could we claim Elephant & Castle for her though?

Also I would love to nominate Trisha for Grange Hill Grin

highame · 23/07/2020 07:57

BigBass1980:

Wrong on most counts. She's not transphobic, It is about women in London not the country. It's an interesting way of celebrating outstanding women, whose magnificent achievements are not as celebrated as they should be

Finally, she has never appeared to be disgusting and awful, not in my, or the dictionary definition of those words anyway

Catnuzzle · 23/07/2020 06:50

Done!