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.
The 2016 lecture took place on Saturday 13 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield and was given by Ruth Taillon the text is available here
Socialism, Feminism and the Women of 1916
Ruth Taillon is author of the 1996 bookWhen History Was Made: the Women of 1916, a book that broke new ground at the time by identifying approximately 200 women who had taken an active part in the Easter Rising and highlighting their contribution to the events of Easter week. She edited Marie Mulholland’s book,The Politics and Relationships of Dr Kathleen Lynn for Woodfield Press and was also a contributing editor (Women and the State) to the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing Vol. IV. Ruth was a founder of the Mary Ann McCracken Historical Society, that throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s organised a range of activities to promote interest in women’s history and their contribution to Irish political, social, economic and cultural life. During this period, Ruth also worked with and for a number of community-based women’s groups and the trade union movement as both researcher and activist. She continues her interest in gender, equality, and peace and conflict issues and lectures occasionally on women’s history. Ruth is Director of the Centre for Cross Border Studies, which promotes and supports cross-border cooperation – on the island of Ireland and beyond. She is currently a member of the Irish Government’s Oversight Group for the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.
The 2015 lecture took place at 7pm on Friday 14 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield
"Sylvia Pankhurst and opposition to World War One" by Mary Davis
Mary Davis FRSA is Visiting Professor of Labour History at Royal Holloway University of London. She has written, broadcast and lectured widely on women's history, labour history, imperialism and racism.
The 2014 lecture took place on Friday 15 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield
The Militant Suffragette as a Militant Artist was given by Hester Reeve, multi-disciplinary artist (pictured below left, with collaborator Olivia Plender)
The 2013 lecture took place on Friday 16 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield
Women and the 1913 Dublin Lockout: British solidarity, Sylvia’s part in that including her visit to Ireland in 1914 was given by Theresa Moriarty, labour historian (pictured below)
The 2009 lecture took place on Friday 21 August 2009 at Wortley Hall, Sheffield.
Dr Jacqueline Mulhallen’s lecture was titled “Artist and Political Campaigner” and was illustrated with slides from her personal collection, showing Sylvia’s early works of women workers from the last century (brief biography of Dr Mullhallen here).
The lecture room was full and Jacqueline’s talk was extremely well received by all present. You can download an abbreviated version of Jacqueline’s lecture here.
Above: Dr Jacqueline Mulhallen with Richard and Rita Pankhurst after the lecture at Wortley Hall
