Rebellious Daughters of History #30 by ,,Judy Cox Chartist, Feminist, Journalist and Communist: Helen MacFarlane (1818-1860) Helen Macfarlane was born in Barrhead, Paisley, Scotland. Her father, George, owned a calico-printing works. There was radicalism in the Macfarlane family and the mill workers who were solid supporters of Chartism. In 1842 the Macfarlane mills went bust […]

Rebellious Daughters of History #29 by Judy Cox Poplar Revolt: Minnie Lansbury (1889 – 1922) Minnie Glassman, the daughter of Jewish coal merchant Isaac Glassman, was born in Stepney in 1889. She became a school teacher and was active in the campaign for women’s suffrage. In 1913, Sylvia Pankhurst, with the support of Millie Glassman, […]

Rebellious Daughters of History #28 by Judy Cox Mexican Revolutionary: Margarita Neri Margarita Neri, “The Rebel Queen of Morelos”, was the daughter of a Mayan Indian and a former Mexican general who had rebelled against the repressive government of President Diaz around 1900. The Mexican Revolution began on 20 November, 1910, and raged well into […]

Rebellious Daughters of History #27 by Judy Cox Agitating for Reform: Ernestine Louise Rose (1810 – 1892) Rose Potowska was born in Poland. Her father was a wealthy rabbi and she later recalled, “I was a rebel at the age of five”. When she was 16, her father betrothed her to an older man. Rose […]

Rebellious Daughters of History #26 by Judy Cox Striking a Light: Sarah Chapman (1862-1945) Sarah was born in 1862 to Samuel Chapman, a brewer and sometime docker, and Sarah Ann Mackenzie. Sarah and her six siblings grew up in Mile End and could all read and write. By the age of 19, Sarah worked with […]