Project ID: 706

DescriptionJoanne Sanderson and Renate Muller are examining the life of Ada Salter (1866-1942), socialist, suffragist, union organiser and environmentalist. She worked and lived throughout her adult life with and for the poor of Bermondsey. She was the first women to be elected to Bermondsey Borough Council and the borough's first Labour woman Mayor.
TopicsSocial history
TypeU3A-led research (SLP)
U3A
Year started2017
Source of referenceCitizens 800 website, see below
NotesThis is one of number of SLPs linked to the Citizens project at Royal Holloway College - see file card 547 for details
See  www.citizens800.org/U3A  for more information