Tag Archives: Christina Broom

Local suffragettes

Posted on March 23, 2018 by LBHF Libraries

This year marks 100 years since Parliament passed The Representation of the People Act 1918 which gave the vote to women over 30 who were property owners or married to a property owner.  It took another 10 years for all … Continue reading →

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Christina Broom: the first female press photographer

Posted on August 7, 2015 by LBHF Libraries

Christina Broom lived most of her life in Fulham, from about 1904 until the death of her husband in 1912 at 38 Burnfoot Avenue and then she and her daughter, Winifred, moved to 92 Munster Road. She took thousands of … Continue reading →

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The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race and Britain’s first female press photographer

Posted on April 2, 2014 by LBHF Libraries

Fiona Fowler,  a volunteer for the LBHF archives and local studies, writes: Next Sunday is Boat Race day and as you would expect, the LBHF archives contain some interesting prints and photographs of its early history. The boat race was … Continue reading →

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