![]() ![]() Memory Mapper, an open-source toolkit developed by researchers at The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, was used to deliver the interactive, digital version – – which enables the public to explore the lives and stories of the women and non-binary people who have made a lasting impact on London. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery Rosalind Franklin (featured on City of Women London map) by Elliott & Fry, 11 June 1946. The project reimagines the iconic London Tube map through renaming each of the stops after a significant woman, non-binary person or woman-led group – as selected by Eddo-Lodge, Watson and Solnit. On 8 March 2022 – International Women’s Day – the City of Women London map was launched in print and digital form, in partnership with Haymarket Books, Transport for London, UCL and the WOW Foundation. By 2020, Solnit was working on a London version with actor and activist Emma Watson and author Reni Eddo-Lodge, both Londoners. Of course, these sites commemorate only those who were allowed to hold power and live in public most American cities are, by their nomenclature, mostly white as well as mostly male. “I can’t imagine how I might have conceived of myself and my possibilities if, in my formative years, I had moved through a city where most things were named after women and many or most of the monuments were of powerful, successful, honoured women. Writing in an accompanying essay, Solnit reflected on the intersections between social inequalities and representation in urban spaces: In 2016, author Rebecca Solnit and geographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro released a reworked map of the New York City subway in which the names of stops were replaced with names of women who had made their mark on the city. ![]() A section of the City of Women map, created by Reni Eddo- Lodge, Rebecca Solnit, and Emma Watson in partnership with Transport for London.
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