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blue plaques, it is always good when you walk around and see a blue plaque and learn something new about somebody in history who has made a difference. there has long been a debate that in london there are almost 1000 plaques. give me a rough percentage of those who represent women in history? it would be terribly low. 15%. that s very good. it s 14%. one sixth of people have been announced in history who have been given a plaque. a lot of it is related to the founding spirit of the notting hill carnival. i m going to give you some names. two suffragettes have been included, five of the six announced are women. the public has been encouraged to nominate more women for these plaques. you have got emily wilding davidson, who stepped in front of the king s horse in the 1913 derby, honoured in kensington west.

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