On This Day in 1913, the People's Army of the East London Federation of Suffragettes, assembled for the first time! The paramilitary assembly and gun drill happened in Victoria Park, led by suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst. Read more here: https://romanroadlondon.com/peoples-army-suffragettes-victoria-park/#:~:text=On%204%20November%201913%2C%20the,led%20by%20suffragette%20Sylvia%20Pankhurst. (fb)

On 4 October 1936, Oswald Mosley's fascist Blackshirts attempted to march from Tower Hill, through Aldgate and Shadwell, a predominantly Jewish neighbourhood at that time. When they arrived at Gardiner's Corner, a huge crowd (estimates vary from 20,000 to 200,000) gathered to block their path, roaring “They Shall Not Pass!”... Learn more about the women involved at the Battle of Cable Street: https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/women-at-the-battle-of-cable-street (fb)