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 text of the lecture is available here
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 2012 lecture took place on Friday 17 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield.
Divide and Rule – the oldest tactic in the book was given by Sarah Veale.
Download a pdf of the lecture here.
The 2011 lecture took place on Friday 12 August at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield.
“Suffrage campaigners on the ocean wave” was given by Dr Jo Stanley FRHistS.
Download a pdf of the slides Jo’s lecture was based on here.
The 2010 lecture took place on Friday 13 August 2010 at Wortley Hall, Sheffield.
Irene Cockroft, exhibition curator, author and lecturer, spoke on How the Vote was Won illustrated with wonderful slides.
Once more the lecture room was full – you can download and read the lecture here.
Above: Irene Cockroft with Richard and Rita Pankhurst after the lecture at Wortley Hall
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
The 2008 lecture took place on Friday 15 August 2008 at Wortley Hall, Sheffield.
Professor Mary Davis spoke on Women Workers and the Suffrage Campaign: class politics vs gender politics?
Above: Rita and Richard Pankhurst, with Professor Mary Davis, after the lecture at Wortley Hall
You can read the lecture here
The 2007 lecture (17 August 2007, Wortley Hall, Sheffield) was given by Professor Sheila Rowbotham, author.
Entitled “Sex, Sun and Socialism – (near Sheffield): Edward Carpenter 1844 to 1929”, you can download the flyer here.
Friday 30 September, 7.30pm, at Wortley Hall, Sheffield
Given by Gloria Mills, President of the TUC, and a Vice-President of the National Assembly of Women