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Ethel Williams black plaque

Commemorative plaque

Overview

Ethel Williams black plaque is recorded as Commemorative plaque in England Newcastle Upon Tyne. This black commemorative plaque records: Ethel Williams 1863-1948 Lived and worked here 1910-1924. Newcastle's first female general medical practitioner A radical suffragist, pacifist, educationalist and social welfare campaigner.

Why it was made

The saved account records: This black commemorative plaque records: Ethel Williams 1863-1948 Lived and worked here 1910-1924.

People and events

The saved account records: Newcastle's first female general medical practitioner A radical suffragist, pacifist, educationalist and social welfare campaigner.

How it worked

The saved account records: Co-founded both the Northern Women's Hospital and the Medical Women's Federation in 1917.

What remains

The official record fixes the place and calls it Commemorative plaque. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

Why it mattered

Ethel Williams black plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Ethel Williams 1863-1948 Lived and worked here 1910-1924. Newcastle's first female general medical practitioner A radical suffragist, pacifist, educationalist and social welfare campaigner. Co-founded both the Northern Women's Hospital and the Medical Women's Federation in 1917. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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