You can read the contributions of our lecturers here

below left to right: Suki Sangha, Philippa Clark, Mary Davis

The lecture was excellent – thankyou Lynda Walker and Helen Crickard – and was followed by informal drinks and informal, but informed, discussion!

Lynda’s lecture is available here.

Brian Clarke donated his painting of Wortley Hall which was raffled in aid of the statue.

Saturday 13 August 2022, 7pm at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield

Sylvia Pankhurst on War

Rachel Holmes, author of Sylvia Pankhurst, Natural Born Rebel

See details and the flyer here

Saturday 7 August 2021 at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield

Sylvia Pankhurst: women, race and class – then and now

Professor Mary Davis, historian and writer the flyer with further details is here

The 2020 lecture was cancelled (due to the pandemic).

The 2019 lecture took place on Saturday 10 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield

Red Clyde – a presentation on the Battle of George Square

Jennifer McCarey, chair of Glasgow Trades Council – flyer here

The 2018 lecture took place on Saturday 11 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield

Sheila Hanlon: Cycling to Suffrage

Here is a link to the really interesting blog by Sheila based on her presentation!

In this illustrated lecture, Dr Sheila Hanlon traced the history and politics of women’s cycling from Victorian times to today. The talk focussed on the integration of the bicycle into the Edwardian suffrage campaign as a form of transportation, protest and spectacle. Sylvia Pankhurst, an avid cyclist, was at the centre of the narrative from her early days learning to ride with the Clarion Cycling Club to the adaptation of the bicycle into the battle for the vote for women and beyond. We rode along with lady cyclists from the golden age of the tricycle to the everyday use of safety bicycles with a few surprises along the way.

Dr Sheila Hanlon is an historian specialising in the history of women’s cycling, particularly as it intersects gender politics from Victorian times to today. She completed her PhD at York University, Toronto and held a Vera Douie Research Fellowship at The Women’s Library. Her research has been featured on BBC radio and TV, and published in journals and magazines. Much of her work focuses on the importance of bicycles to the Edwardian suffrage campaign. She also brings history to modern cycling advocacy, working with a number of organisations such as CyclingUK.

Sponsored by the Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee, the National Assembly of Women, and Wortley Hall. The lecture was be followed by light refreshments and further conversation

The 2017 lecture took place on Saturday 12 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield and was a conversation with Helen Pankhurst

Deeds not Words: changes in women’s lives since 1918

Helen, Sylvia’s granddaughter, shared and invited reflections on how far we have got since 1918, based on a book she is writing for the centenary of the vote. Helen works for CARE International and is a Visiting Professor at LSE and Manchester Metropolitan University.

Sponsored by the Sylvia Pankhurst Memorial Committee, the National Assembly of Women, and Wortley Hall.