Having crossed the street where I had never done so before, I 'discovered' two monuments. The above one commemorates a lady who was an advocate of welfare for women and children and the first woman on the West Ham council. Edith Kerrison didn't want to become Mayor due to her advanced age. You can read about
here . Here you can read about an equally remarkable woman who became the first female Mayor of West Ham:
Mrs Daisy Parsons!
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