Elisabet Stride

"Elizabeth Gustafsdotter was born at Stora Tumlehed, Torslanda, Västra Götalands län, Bohuslän, Sverige (Sweden), on 27 November 1843. She moved to England in February of 1866. Elizabeth married John Stride at Camden in London on 7 March 1869. They ran a coffee shop in east London’s Poplar district, but the couple separated in 1881. Elizabeth made income from sewing and housecleaning, supplemented by sex work. She was aged 44 when she was murdered" (bio by Debbie McCauley, 15 January 2021).

NOTE: Please do not add post-mortem images to this profile (or link to sources that do so). Most of the Whitechapel Murder victims had brutally hard lives and nowhere to turn, they were failed by society back then, much like many are today. They were the victims of violent crime and to see the pictures of their bodies so casually strewn across the internet reflects a systemic misogyny that saw police investigations fail to catch the murderer at the time and unfortunately is still demeaning these women today.