2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act – by which (some) women were at last granted the parliamentary vote. To mark the occasion a great many events are planned. You will find some of them listed in the Events -Vote 100 directory.
Events at which I am speaking in 2018
University of Cambridge
Women’s Suffrage and Political Activism:
a conference to commemorate the centenary of the 1918 Reform Act
Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Pictures and Politics: the art of suffrage propaganda
A lecture to accompany an exhibition of suffrage posters staged by Cambridge University Library
Date: 3 February 2018
Venue for lecture, Cambridge University Library
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Centenary Lecture for Gresham College
‘At Last’ – 6 February 1918: celebrating the 100th anniversary of ‘Votes for Women’.
Date: 5 February 2018
Venue: Museum of London
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The National Archives
Did Militancy Help for Hinder the fight for the vote?
Other speakers: Prof Krista Cowman and Dr Fern Riddell
Date: 20 February 2018
Venue: The National Archives
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Royal Holloway College
Campaigning for the Vote: Kate Frye’s Suffrage Diary
A talk about the involvement of one woman in the suffrage campaign, as both volunteer and as paid organizer. Based on Kate’s diaries, now held by Royal Holloway College.
Date: 22 February 2018
Venue: Royal Holloway College
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Kensington Central Library
Suffrage Stories: London Women Who Fought for the Vote
with Sonia Lambert
Date: 26 February 2018
Venue: Kensington Central Library
See here for details
Bristol 100th anniversary celebrations
Pictures and Politics: the art of suffrage propaganda
Venue: Bristol City Hall
Time: 12 noon – 1pm
Date: 3 March 2018
Peckham W.I.
Votes for Women: a brief history
Venue: White Horse pub, Peckham Rye
Date: 7 March 2018 – 8pm
People’s History Museum – Manchester (with Manchester Metropolitan University)
‘The procession was like a medieval festival, vivid with simple grandeur’: banners of the women’s suffrage movement.
Date: 10 March 2018
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Friends of Salisbury Cathedral
Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Campaigning with Friends and Family
Date: 13 March 2018
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London School of Economics
Who Were the Suffrage Artists? Lives Revealed
Date: 23 March 2018
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Theatre, LSE.
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Southwark Cathedral
Pictures and Politics: the art of suffrage propaganda
Date: 24 March 2018 – AM
Venue: Southwark Cathedral
Museum of London
The Suffragette Legacy
Date: 24 March 2018 – PM
See here for details
Women’s History Network Midlands Conference
How the Vote Was Won: 1914-1918
Date: 13 April 2018
Venue: Black Country Living Museum
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Wandsworth Local History Society
Votes for Women
An illustrated talk on the history of the women’s suffrage movement, 1866-1928, with particular emphasis on the part Wandsworth played in the London campaign.
Date: 27 April 2018
Venue: Friends’ Meeting House,Wandsworth High Street
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Parliament
Suffrage: More Than Purple, White and Green
Panel Discussion with Clare Eustance and Naomi Paxton
Venue: Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
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Claydon House – Bucks Art Week #100women artists event
Art of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
Date: 20 May 2018
Highgate School
Votes for Women: a brief history
An illustrated talk on the history of the women’s suffrage movement, 1866-1928, with mention of the part north London played in the campaign.
Date: 21 May 2018
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Victoria Park, London E3
Points East Festival
After free screening of the film ‘Suffragette’, Free Live Panel and Q & A with Helen Pankhurst, Sarah Jackson, Suzanne Keyte and Elizabeth Crawford
Date: 28 May 2018 (Bank Holiday Monday) 5.30pm
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Strandlines Suffrage Walk
Date: 31 May 2018
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The Fawcett Society
Centenary of Suffrage: How the Vote was Won
with Dr Sumita Mukherjee
chaired by Lord Daniel Finkelstein
Date: 5 June 2018
Venue: Museum of London
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Royal Holloway College
Education, College Women and Suffrage Conference
Keynote speaker:
Professionalizing women’s education: the work of the Garrett Circle
Date: 13-14 June 2018
Venue: Royal Holloway College
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University of Surrey
Centennial Reflections on Women’s Suffrage and the Arts
Keynote speaker;
Pictures and Politics: the art of suffrage propaganda
Date: 29-30 June 2018
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Bloom! York Horticultural Festival
Fanny Wilkinson: Britain’s first woman professional landscape gardener
Date: 8 July 2018
Venue: Middlethorpe Hall, York
Women’s History Network Conference
Keynote Speaker:
Millicent Fawcett: the making of a politician
Date: 31 August 2018
Venue: University of Portsmouth
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Blairgowrie
BOOKMARK
The Book Festival of Blairgowrie, Rattray and The Glens
Art and Artists of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign
Date: 6 October 2018
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Working Class Movement Library, Salford
The Art of Suffrage Propaganda
Venue: Working Class Movement Library, Salford
Date: 19 October 2018
Time: 6pm
See here for details
Highgate Cemetery
‘Votes for Women’
Date: 20 November 2018
Venue: Highgate Cemetery
See here for details
Surrey History Centre, Woking
Suffrage Art and Artists
Date 24 November 2018
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Fakenham Society
Votes for Women: Kate Frye’s Norfolk Campaign
Date: 29 November 2018
Venue: Fakenham Sports Centre
See here for details
Unveiling a Plaque to Rhoda and Agnes Garrett
Date: 14 December 2018
Venue: Rustington, Sussex
On the centenary of the day that women first cast their parliamentary votes, the involvement of Rhoda and Agnes Garrett in the long suffrage campaign will be commemorated by the unveiling of a Blue Plaque on the Rustington house where they, together with Millicent and Philippa Fawcett, spent many happy days. I am honoured to have been invited to swish the curtain.
