‘Votes for Women’ and Women’s Work during the First World War in Bath and Bristol’
Talks and Exhibition to celebrate the centennial of the Women’s vote,
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Wed 28 November 7pm.
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BRIDPORT WOMEN’S ACTIVISM 1910-1920
STUDY DAY, Bridport Museum, 18 November 2018 More information and booking form
Bridport Women’s History Events in November. More information and booking details
This autumn there are two exhibitions of Women’s Work in World War One which feature research by our committee members: June Hannam  in Bath and Karen Hunt in Bridport.
Equal in Everything? An Exhibition of Bath Women at Work in World War One at the Museum of Bath at Work September 1st – November 1st 2018  ….More information
Home Front, Home. An exhibition showing the contribution made by Bridport Women to the War Effort, June to December 2018

Votes for Women 100

Saturday 30 June 2018, 10.30 am to 4.30 pm,

Bristol MShed, Prince’s Wharf, Wapping Road, Bristol BS1 4RN

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We commemorated the one hundredth anniversary of votes for women. Information about the current location of the exhibition and loan arrangements can be accessed here

This free, drop-in event included:

  • talks, walks, gallery tours
  • A showing of the film Make More Noise: Suffragettes in Silent Film,
  • a performance of Cicely Hamilton’s 1910 play How the Vote Was Won,
  • craft activities for children,
  • a “meet the experts” stand where you can find out more about researching the suffrage movement,
  • a panel discussion on what the vote has achieved for women and what has yet to be done, with Bristol MP Thangam Debonnaire and other panelists to be announced. Further details to follow.

The West of England and South Wales Women’s History Network has partnered with Bristol MShed, Bristol Libraries, Diversity Trust, and representatives of the University of the West of England and the University of Bristol to sponsor this event

 

CELEBRATING  MONMOUTHSHIRE WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE 1900 – 2018

Sat 28th April 2018 9.45 – 4.30

Abergavenny Community Centre, Merthyr Road NP7 5BY

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 To register your place or for further information please contact Katrina Gass at katrinagass@nullyahoo.co.uk.