Edith Ramsay

Edith Ramsay, (1895–1983) was an educator and community activist who served on the Colonial Office Advisory Committee. Ramsay worked to improve conditions for immigrants arriving in Stepney, London in the mid-1900s and was known as "the Florence Nightingale of the Brothels"[1] for her work in London slums.[2] Ramsay successfully campaigned for the re-opening of the Colonial House, a recreation center that had been closed.[3] From 1922-1925, Edith worked as the Stepney Children's Care Organizer and was responsible for distributing free meals, clothing and milk. In 1928, she became the manager of Heckford Street Evening Institute that offered classes for mothers, workers and the unemployed.[4] Ramsay has been featured in documentaries,[5] and had a book[6] written about her by a colleague, Bertha Sokoloff, titled Edith and Stepney: 60 Years of Education, Politics and Social Change: The Life of Edith Ramsey.[7] Ramsay was celebrated as a black British achiever in a workshop series that explored her writings during Black History Month.[8] Gateway Housing Association in London contains a housing complex named after her,[9] and a tree was planted in her honor[10] by member of Parliament, Rushanara Ali.[11]

References
  1. "East End; The Place We Call Home - Arts events - Tower Hamlets - Arts & Entertainment". www.towerhamletsarts.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  2. "Our Migration Story: The Making of Britain". www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  3. "Idea Store - The Afro-Caribbean Community in Post-war Stepney". www.ideastore.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  4. "Vice and the Vote: Two Campaigning East End Women. By Jill Napier". The Port of London Study Group. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  5. "World in Action" Living in the Slums (TV Episode 1963), retrieved 2018-10-31
  6. Sokoloff, Bertha (November 1987). Edith and Stepney: 60 Years of Education, Politics and Social Change - Life of Edith Ramsay, 1920-79. London: Stepney Bks. ISBN 9780950524160.
  7. Sokoloff, Sally (2018-06-10). "Bertha Sokoloff obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  8. "WORKSHOP: EDITH RAMSAY PAPERS - Black History Month 2018". Black History Month Celebrating the Great Black British Achievers. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  9. "Community Catalogue - Tower Hamlets Community Catalogue". communitycatalogue.towerhamlets.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  10. "Placeshapers - Rushanara Ali joins Gateway to re-launch Edith Ramsay House". www.placeshapers.org. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  11. "Placeshapers - Rushanara Ali joins Gateway to re-launch Edith Ramsay House". www.placeshapers.org. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
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