Home
If you've been interested by the accounts of local activity in the exhibition How the Vote Was Won: Art, Theatre and Women's Suffrage at the Museum of Richmond, you may like to come along to the inaugural meeting of:
Feminist History Research Network (Richmond)
Wednesday 23rd June, 6 – 7.30 pm
at the Museum of Richmond, Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond
It is:
- a group for anyone interested or actively involved in investigating women’s history, especially the history of women's suffrage movement in Richmond and its neighbouring boroughs.
- a grassroots history network designed to share information and enthusiasms, contacts and support.
If you are interested in attending, please come along to our initial meeting.
So we can have an idea of numbers, please call Pauline to confirm attendance on 020 8948 7179.
Suffragettes in Richmond Walk
Tuesday 17th August, 1pm
Meeting Point: Richmond Station, upper concourse.
Tickets £3. Book on 020 8332 1141
Forgotten Plays of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
A reading of three little-known plays connected to the Actresses’ Franchise League and its members.
Women In Theatre Talk
Speakers include writer Winsome Pinnock and academic Dr Susan Croft.
Book Launch
Classic Plays By Women ed. Susan Croft and
Art Theatre and Women’s Suffrage
by Irene Cockroft and Susan Croft
Saturday 4th September, 11am
Orange Tree Theatre
1 Clarence Street, Richmond, TW9 2SA
www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk
£10 / £8 concs.
Box Office 020 8940 3633
How The Vote Was Won:
Exhibition: The Museum of Richmond
Old Town Hall, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1TP
1st May – 4th Sept 2010
Free entry
020 8332 1141
This exhibition celebrates the incredible artistic and political work of the suffragettes, how the movement inspired the work of artists, writers and theatre-makers, as well as the involvement of local people in the suffrage movement.
Download press release for further details
Download review
Exhibition Panel Resources
‘How The Vote Was Won’ follow up workshops for schools and community groups'
We offer a range of workshops adapted to the age and ability of the class. The workshops can be based on creative writing, drama or the discovery of local history. Workshops are led by a qualified and experienced teacher who has already delivered many successful workshops in the borough to schools and community groups.
- Workshops for 10 – 18 year olds
- 20 – 40 students per session
- Cost £100 or subsidised
- Subjects involved: history, citizenship, politics, feminism, personal & social health, relationships.
Download our education leaflet for further details
To book a workshop contact stacey@aurorametro.com or 020 3261 0000
‘A Suffragette in the Family’
Presentation by Peter Barratt
&
‘Women's Poetry in the Great War’
Lecture by Audrey Ardern-Jones
Featuring flautist Rachel Aukett
Date: Thursday 8th July at 7:30pm
Venue: The Library Room, Old Town Hall, Whitaker Avenue, Richmond, TW9 1TP
Tickets: £5 / £3 concs
Tel: 020 3261 0000
Or send SAE, with cheque payable to ‘Aurora Metro Arts & Media Ltd’ to:
67 Grove Ave, Twickenham, TW1 4HX
http://www.alicesuffragette.co.uk/
Download press release for further details
‘Art, Theatre and Women’s Suffrage’
by Irene Cockroft and Susan Croft
A new book to accompany the ‘How The Vote Was Won’ exhibition by curators Irene Cockroft, writer, lecturer and specialist in Arts and Crafts of the 19th & 20th centuries and Dr Susan Croft, writer, academic and formerly Contemporary Curator at the Theatre Museum.
Publication date July 2010
For a review copy please contact Cheryl Robson
Download press release for further details
