Activity: Memory Café – Your Female Heroes
Join us on Friday 14 September for our Your Female Heroes Memory Café.
10 events found.
Museum
Events
-
-
-
Exhibition: At Last! Votes for Women
Fresh from the Women's Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science, we are proud to showcase banners, sashes, badges and documents that tell the story of the fight for equal voting rights for women.
The exhibition also includes the diaries of imprisoned campaigners and contemporary leaflets detailing protest tactics such as a plan to 'rush' the House of Commons.
-
Talk and Signing: Cambridge Women and the Struggle for the Vote
Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomDid you know that Cambridge was at the forefront of the struggles for women's rights to vote a century ago?
Join author Sue Slack and learn about role of Cambridge women in the struggle for voting rights, from the late 19th century to 1928 and the Act that granted equal voting rights to women.Free -
Activity: Memory Café – Shops and Landmarks
Join us on Friday 28 September for our Shop and Landmarks Memory Café.
-
-
Talk: Cambridge Suffragists 1884-1913, Mary Ward and the Ladies Dining Society
Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Active between 1890 and 1914, the Ladies Dining Society was a discussion club formed by eleven Cambridge women, including some with connections to Newnham College. Few people realise how important this group of 'University Wives' were to voting equalityJoin Dr Ann Kennedy Smith in the Enid Porter Room and learn more about this notable group of women and most especially Mary Ward, author of the play Man and Woman: the Question of the Day and for many years the Honorary Secretary of the Cambridge Women’s Suffrage Association.
-
Talk: Cambridge Banners and Suffrage
Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Banners were an essential part of equality protests and the choice of design and material were critical to their successJoin us in the Enid Porter Room on Wednesday 10 October to learn more about the manufacture of the banners used during the long struggle for voting equality.
-
Walking Tour: Newnham Ladies
Arbury Community Centre Campkin Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Newnham Ladies have helped to shape the city of Cambridge and contributed much to the education of women and the success of the suffrage campaignJoin us on a walking tour of the streets and colleges of Newnham to learn more.
-
-
Exhibition: Word of Mouth
FeaturedThe Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomVoices, Video and More...
Running throughout November and December Word of Mouth is an opportunity to learn more about the largest ethnic minority in our county and gain a unique insight into the lives of the Travelling families who visit our city each year for the Midsummer Fair
-
Opening Night: Word of Mouth
The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Exploring the history and stories of the Travelling People and Showmen of CambridgeshireJoin us from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Friday 16 November for a special opening night event to celebrate the launch of the exhibition. Come and hear stories from the Travelling People of Cambridgeshire, the event will include speakers, music and refreshments.
-
Public Meeting: Eighty-Second Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Museum of Cambridge
Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
The Board of Trustees of the Museum of Cambridge are pleased to announce that our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 27 November 2018Order of business will commence promptly at 7.15pm in the Enid Porter Room of the Museum of Cambridge