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The Garretts And Their Circle: A Talk For International Women’s Day
Posted by womanandhersphere in Art and Suffrage, Suffrage Stories, The Garretts and their Circle on February 23, 2024
For the Pascal Theatre Company I am giving a talk on 8 March:
Gower Street’s ‘Enterprising Women’:transforming the home, the land, and politics, 1875-1928
The event is free and already fully booked – but, of course, people who have signed up for it may drop out – so, if you are interested, do add your name to the waiting list. To accompany my talk Senate House Library is amounting a small Garrett/Fawcett-related exhibition, to include sections from the ceiling from 2 Gower Street that was decorated by Rhoda and Agnes Garrett.
Women for Women March Events
WOMEN FOR WOMEN
CELEBRATES WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: MARCH 2024
Elizabeth Crawford at Senate House Library Friday 8 March 4.00pm. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL – WE HAVE A WAITING LIST WE ARE HAPPY TO ADD YOUR NAME TO.
Millicent Fawcett standing on the doorstep of 2 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, on her way to receive her DBE, 12 February 1925
Rhoda and Agnes Garrett
Gower Street’s’ Enterprising Women’: transforming the home, the land, and politics, 1875-1928
RHODA GARRETT (1841-1882)
AGNES GARRETT (1845-1935)
FANNY WILKINSON (1855-1951)
MILLICENT FAWCETT (1847-1929)
A FULLY ILLUSTRATED TALK by Elizabeth Crawford
In the late-19th and early-20th centuries four pioneering women lived at 2 and 6 Gower Street, Bloomsbury. These houses were their homes as well as the sites of their commercial and campaigning enterprises.
The firm of ‘R & A Garrett House Decorators’ operated from number 2, which was first the home of the cousins Rhoda and Agnes Garrett. After Rhoda’s death, it housed Agnes and her sister Millicent Fawcett, leader of the constitutional women’s suffrage movement.
Fanny Wilkinson lived and worked next door but one, at number 6. She was the first professional woman landscape gardener, responsible for laying out over 75 of London’s public parks and gardens.
All four women were also involved, together with an intriguing assortment of friends and relations, in any number of other campaigns. All worked to improve the position of women.
This fully-illustrated talk will describe the life and work of Rhoda Garrett, (1841-1882), Agnes Garrett (1845-1935), Fanny Wilkinson (1855-1951), and Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929).
Elizabeth Crawford is the author of a number of books on aspects of women’s history. Of particular relevance to this talk is Enterprising Women: the Garretts and their circle.
Venue: Seng Tee Lee Seminar Room, Senate House Library, 4th floor, Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU
Timing: The talk 4pm-5.00pm will include a Q & A session.
You are also invited to join an introduction to the library at 5.15pm.
Registration (free) (access will be given at reception to those who have registered)
We have a waiting list and will notify you if a space becomes available.Continue reading“Elizabeth Crawford at Senate House Library Friday 8 March 4.00pm. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL – WE HAVE A WAITING LIST WE ARE HAPPY TO ADD YOUR NAME TO.”
Other talks organised by the Pascal Theatre for Women’s History Month
Tuesday 12 March
An online talk by Lynsey Cullen about the first Lady Almoner: Mary Stewart
Thursday 14 March
An in- person talk by Emily Midorikawa about the most unlikely Victorian celebrity: Georgina Weldon.
Thursday 21 March
Jane Martin in conversation with Melissa Benn remembering the educational life and networks of educator and activist Jane Chessar.
Further information here: Women for Women March Events – Pascal Theatre Company (pascal-theatre.com)
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