Beyond the Streets' original alternative tour!
Beyond the Streets were the first in 2017, to work with local activists and launch a regular alternative walking tour about the five women killed in 1888 by an unknown murderer. This murderer is widely referred to as “Jack the Ripper”. The tour attempts to change the narrative by looking at the lives of the women rather than their deaths; and to raise awareness of the similar multiple disadvantage and stigma faced by the women Beyond the Streets’ support in the Whitechapel area today. This online version of our walking tour allows all people to hear about resilient women, past and present.
Whitechapel Women:
The alternative history tour exploring their lives; not their ends.
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More InformationMary Ann.
Annie.
Elizabeth.
Catherine.
Mary Jane.
Tell her story in history.
Did you know, there is a large portion of east London tourism centred around the murderer, Jack the Ripper, or what we prefer: the ‘unidentified murderer’?
This tourism mostly constitutes walking tours which visit the locations where the murders took place, showing gruesome photos, and dehumanising the women he violently killed for entertainment.
In 2017, Beyond the Streets joined with local activists and was the first organisation to subvert this dominant narrative by offering a regular walking tour telling an alternative history of events in Whitechapel. This tour focused on the lives and amazing resilience of these women.
The tour looks at the multiple disadvantage these women lived with, including poor housing, poverty, substance misuse, coercion, domestic violence and for some, survival sex.
The tour also raises awareness of the women who are selling sex in the same area and how these women face similar challenges and stigma today and the work Beyond the Streets is doing to change the narrative.
recommended walking tour.
Name: Mary Ann 'Polly' Nichols
Date of Birth: 26th August 1845
Place of Birth: Near Fleet Street
Spouse: William Nichols
Children: William, Edward, George, Alice
In Memory of Sophie
“THE KINDEST, FUNNIEST AND MOST FABULOUS PERSON IN ANY ROOM”
Sophie supported the work of Beyond the Streets and helped organise a fantastic fundraiser coinciding with the launch of “Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel” by the English National Opera and the launch of the book “The Five” by Hallie Rubenhold. We are grateful to have been lucky enough to have known Sophie, and for the generosity of her family and friends which have made this project possible.
Would you like to live in a world where women are safe from coercion, violence and abuse?
Training at
Beyond the Streets
We offer two open access training sessions called ‘Understanding Survival Sex’ and ‘Getting out? Supporting women to leave the sex industry’.
We also continue to offer bespoke training to teams and organisations. If you’d like us to deliver training to your team or organisation, please contact us at:
