Women in History
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Contact: |
Diane Wilson 07944333519 wilsond115@gmail.com |
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Day & Times: |
2nd Tuesday 10.30am |
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Frequency & Venue: |
Monthly Vacancies |
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Transport: |
Kingston/Surbiton |
Tracing famous or influential women and how they influence and affect their times. Concentrating initially on British examples but interested in expanding into other cultures.
Topics 2019
July Women of the East End a guided walk
June Gender and Religion
May 4 Short talks on leading Women Authors
April Dr James Miranda Steuart Barry (1789- 1865) Female Doctor Served in the Navy rising to Senior Rank posing as a man
March
Feb
Jan 8th Lady Woodward’s Tablecloth (follow up from SLP on Woman’s Pioneer Housing)
Topics 2018 (Some talks have been uploaded for the benefit of those who missed the Meeting)
July 10th Empress Livia
June 12th Catherine the Great
May 8th Women Scientists 10 min talks – this may continue over two sessions
April 10th Roehampton University talk
March 6th Ellen Wilkinson (N.B. this is out of sequence because of a U3A National Art Event)
Ellen Wilkinson- edited final
Ellen Wilkinson-final
Feb 13th Margaret Beaufort
MARGARET BEAUFORT
Jan 8th Mary Stuart/Stewart
Topics 2017
Dec 12th Poem or Music for Christmas
Nov 7th The Amazons- myth and reality
Oct 10th Woman from your Profession
Sept 12th Pornography project
August 8th Clemence Royer
July 11th Marilyn Monroe
June 13th Woman of your choice for 10min slot Pt 2
May 9th The WRENS
April 11th Louise Michelle – Communard
March 14th Woman of your choice for 10min slot Pt 1
Feb 7th Gertrude Jeykll
Jan 10th Women in British Empire Africa
Topics 2016
Oct 11th Woman and the British Empire
Sept 13th Rachel Carson
July 12th Family memories of the British Empire
June 14th Hannah Moore
May 10th The Fawcett Library and The Women’s Library (Visit)
April 12th Camille Claudel
March 8th Eleanor Marx
Feb 9th Hannah Cullwick
Jan 12th Roxanna and the Ottoman Court
Topics 2015
Dec 8th Celebration
Nov 10th Actresses – Nell Gwynn
Oct 13th Women and Poetry (choose your own example)
Sept 8th Women and Music (choose your own example)
Aug 11th Marie Antoinette
July 14th American Women Slaves
June 9th Madame de Lafayette
May 12th Ada Lovelace
April 14th Simone de Beauvoir
March 10th Deborah Duchess of Devonshire
Feb 10th Vera Brittan
Jan 13th Women painters