East End Women’s Museum
About East End Women’s Museum
The East End Women’s Museum exists to research, capture, share and celebrate the stories of women of East London, past and present. Through pop-up exhibitions, events, workshops and online activities, they put women back in the spotlight, recognising their strength, pride, creativity and humour.
In 2022 they open the only women’s museum building in the country, close to East Ham.
East End Women’s Museum
5 Barking Wharf Square, Barking IG11 7HZ (please note the building is not yet open!)
East End Women’s Museum's Records
This Record features an online panel hosted by Newham Heritage Month and East End Women’s Museum. The talk showcased stories of Newham’s sportswomen – both historically from the current day.
Edna Lilian Child Tinegate was born in 1922 in West Ham, east London. At the age of 15, she won a bronze medal in the 3-metre springboard event at the...
Born in 1907, Ethel Scott was the first Black woman to represent Great Britain on the world stage in athletics.
Jean Pickering famously practiced hurdling in the corridors of Stratford Grammar School and went on to become the only British woman to win gold medals at the European Athletics Championships...
Linda Strachan founded Newham Swords, a fencing club for both young people and adults, to make the sport more accessible to a wider range of people as a result of...
Yashmin has been involved in sport her whole life, and founded Muslimah Sports Association in 2014. The organisation advocates for equal opportunities for women of colour in sport and empowers...
Christine Ohurougu was born and raised in Stratford, and went on to become one of Britain’s most successful athletes and a key player in the London 2012 Olympics.
Discover more about the women who worked in Silvertown factories including experiences of the Silvertown Explosion in 1917, what Paddington Bear has to do with Silvertown, and how the Marx...
Before 1918, women did not have the right to vote. Despite women being important workers in the shops, docks and factories of Newham, they also had few rights at work....
The teenagers and women who worked at the Tate & Lyle factory were nicknamed the ‘Sugar Girls’ – they still are today! These women are known for being hardworking with...
Today, Newham is full of independent shops – just like 100 years ago when 20% of Newham businesses were owned or run by women, despite not having the right to...
To give context to East End Women’s Museum’s talk with activist Gulshun Rehman, Gulshun has selected this film to give a sense of Newham in the 1980s and our rich...
Newham Rights Centre was set up in the early 1970s set up on the Romford Road part of a national movement to set up law centres to provide accessible legal...
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