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Posted on 3 November 201828 February 2019

Plaques on all the houses

The blue plaque scheme in London, UK, honours the notable men and women who have lived or worked in them. But mostly the men.

English Heritage, who run the scheme, have asked the public for help on improving the percentage of blue plaques dedicated to women. Moira crunched some numbers for this article on the CityMetric website:

Which London boroughs have the best gender balance in their blue plaques?

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