TALKS
Eighty years ago this summer, all women over the age of 21 finally won the right to vote. On 2 July 1928, the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act received Royal Assent, and women enjoyed the same voting rights as men. Along with national celebrations of the eightieth anniversary of this landmark victory, Rebel Girls is on the road again.
This summer also marks the centenary of the Edwardian suffrage caravan tour. In 1908 a horse-drawn caravan set off from Whitby harbour - to take the Votes for Women message out to the remotest Yorkshire dales and market towns….
JUNE
Sunday 15 June: Whitby 2-4pm.
Venue: The Whitby Bookshop, 88 Church Street, Whitby, N Yorks, YO22 4BH.
Title: Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote – book signing.
Admission: free, drop-in; short author talks at 2.30 & 3.30;
enquiries 01947 606202.
Organizer: Sue Keats, mail@whitbybookshop.co.uk 01947 606202.
Monday 16 June: Pickering 12-1 pm.
Venue: Pickering Bookshop, 6-7 Hall Garth, Pickering, N Yorks, YO18 7AW.
Title: Celebrating the Caravan Centenary: short talk followed by book signing.
Admission: free; enquiries 01751 475372.
Organizer: Caroline Overfield, pickering.bookshop@googlemail.com
01751 475372.
Monday 30 June: Manchester Central Reference Library 6 pm.
Venue: Manchester Central Reference Library,
St Peter’s Sq, Manchester M2 5PD.
Title: Rebel Girls: Votes for Women and Adela Pankhurst.
Admission: free including glass of wine; enquiries 0161 234 1959.
Organizer: Kevin Bolton, Manchester city archivist, k.bolton@manchester.gov.ukBookshop: Blackwell’s, Precinct Centre, Oxford Rd, M13 9RN: 0161 274 3331.
JULY
Wednesday 2 July: Liverpool 6 pm.
Venue: Blackburne House, Blackburne Place,
off Hope Street, Liverpool L8 7PE.
Title: Rebel Girls and Votes for Women: Celebrating Citizenship.
Admission: £5 including glass of wine; enquiries/booking 0151 708 3933.
Food: 10% off in the Blackburne House café after the lecture for those attending.
Organization: Liverpool Blackburne House Women’s Festival ‘08.
Bookshop: News from Nowhere, 96 Bold Street,
Liverpool L1 4HY: 0151 708 7270.
Organizer: Lisa Mairah lisamairah@blackburnehouse.co.uk 0151 708 3933.
Thursday 3 July: Sheffield 5.45pm.
Venue: Blackwell University Bookshop, Sheffield Hallam,
1 Howard St, Sheffield S1 2LW.
Title: Rebel Girls: Adela Pankhurst and Sheffield.
Admission: free, including glass of wine; enquiries 0114 275 2152.
Organizer: Glyn Littlewood Hallam@blackwell.co.uk
Monday 7 July: Todmorden 7.30 pm
Venue: Todmorden Library, Rochdale Road,
Todmorden OL14 7LB, 01706 815600.
Title: Book Groups talk back to writers: readers discussing Rebel Girls.
Admission: £2, including glass of wine; enquiries/booking 01422 392629.
Organization: Feminist Readers’ Group and Calderdale Libraries.
Bookshop: The Bookcase, Market Street, Hebden Bridge: 01422 845353.
Organizer: Anna Turner, Anna.Turner@calderdale.gov.uk 01422 392629.
OCTOBER
Wednesday 1 October: Leeds 7 pm.
Venue: The Adelphi, 1-3 Hunslet Rd, Leeds LS10 1JQ (just over Leeds Bridge).
Title: Rebel Girls in Leeds: Women’s Votes and the labour movement.
Admission: free; cash bar from 6pm, talk at 7pm;
enquiries/booking 0113 293 9286.
Organization: The Ford Maguire Society, Leeds.
Bookshop: Waterstone’s, 93-97 Albion St, Leeds LS1 5AP: 0113 244 4588.
Organizer: Garth Frankland garthfrankland@googlemail.com 0113 293 9286.
Thursday 9 October: Halifax 7.30 pm.
Venue: Halifax Central Library, Northgate, Halifax HX1 1UN.
Title: Rebel Girls: Votes for Women and writing history.
Admission: £2 including glass of wine; enquiries/booking 01422 392629.
Organization: Readers’ and Writers’ Festival, Calderdale Libraries.
Bookshop: Fred Wade’s, 14-16 Rawson Street,
Halifax HX1 1NT: 01422 354400.
Organizer: Anna Turner, Reader Development, Calderdale Libraries Anna.Turner@calderdale.gov.uk
This event will be followed by a non-fiction writing workshop:
Monday 13 October: Halifax 7 pm.
Venue: Halifax Central Library, Northgate,
Halifax HX1 1UN.
Title: Non-fiction Writing Workshop (two hours).
Enrolment: £5. Numbers are limited and pre-booking is essential. For further details and an enrolment form, please contact Anna Turner on 01422 392629, Anna.Turner@calderdale.gov.uk
Organizer: Anna Turner, Reader Development, Calderdale Libraries 01422 392629.
Tuesday 14 October: Wakefield 4.30 pm.
Venue: Castleford High School, Ferrybridge Rd, Castleford,
Wakefield WF10 4JQ.
Title: Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote.
Admission: £2 (free for NUT members); enquiries/booking 01924 302754.
Organization: Wakefield and district National Union of Teachers (NUT).
Bookshop: Books & More, 135 Bradford Rd,
Shipley, BD18 3TB: 01274 599101.
Organizer: Sally Kincaid kincaidsally@aol.com NUT: 01924 302754.
For further details of 2 July 1928 anniversary, go to Fawcett Society: www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
One final anniversary: One Hand Tied Behind Us: the rise of the women’s suffrage movement (Liddington & Norris) was published 30 years ago - in May 1978 by Virago Press.
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