Below are a number of events that are coming up at the People's History Museum that might be of interest
Saturday 22 February
Founded in 1883, the Women’s Co-operative Guild rapidly became the largest working class women’s organisation in Britain, mobilising thousands of female consumers for economic, social and political change. This talk will introduce some of the co-operative ‘wonder women’ who made their voices heard in the decades before women gained the right to vote. Part of Wonder Women Radical Manchester.
Rachael Vorberg-Rugh is a historian, whose research and publications focus on the co-operative movement and its role in British society since the mid-19th century. Her current work focuses on integrating women’s involvement in co-operatives – as customers, members, activists and business leaders – into the wider history of co-operatives in Britain. She is the co-author of Building Co-operation: A Business History of The Co-operative Group, 1863-2013, recently published by Oxford University Press. Rachael is a researcher with the Co-operative College, where she previously served as Project Officer with the National Co-operative Archive and Rochdale Pioneers Museum.
Booking advised, please contact 0161 838 9190 or info@phm.org.uk
In order to keep our events programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
1.00pm – 2.00pm
Monday 3 March
Did you know
the museum holds an archive of over 80,000 photographs? Go behind the scenes and delve into our unique
photo collections, the Labour Party photograph collection and the Communist
Party of Great Britain photograph collection.
In this lunchtime drop in session, browse through photographs on the
theme of women and uncover history through the lens. Part of Wonder Women Radical Manchester.
Suitable for
adults and young people
Booking
advised, please contact 0161 838 9190 or info@phm.org.uk
In order to
keep our events programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Saturday 8 March
Celebrate
International Women’s Day and watch our Living History character based on the
life of suffragette Hannah Mitchell. She
spoke out for women and the poor and became a peace campaigner after World War
I. This event has been kindly supported
by a grant from Manchester City Council.
Family
Friendly activity, suitable for over 7s to adults
Booking
required via Eventbrite – http://thehardwayup.eventbrite.co.uk
In order to
keep our events programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
1.15pm – 2.00pm
Sunday 9 March
Celebrate
International Women’s Day and join our Green Badge Tour Guide Suzanne Hindle,
on a walking tour around the city centre.
Uncover the stories of historical and modern Manchester women and find
out about their contribution to harmony through radicalism, war effort,
nursing, science and community work.
This event has been kindly supported by a grant from Manchester City
Council.
Family
Friendly activity, suitable for over 10s to adults
Booking
required via Eventbrite – http://womenaspeacemakers.eventbrite.co.uk
Meet at the
People’s History Museum, walk through the city centre and end back at the
museum
In order to
keep our events programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
2.00pm – 4.00pm
Saturday 29 March
Join Natalie
Bradbury, writer, researcher and Information Co-ordinator at the Co-operative
College, for this fascinating talk.
Between 1919 and 1967 the women of the co-operative movement had their
own magazine, Woman’s Outlook. Providing
an enticing mix of the personal and the political, Woman’s Outlook was
surprisingly similar to women’s magazines today, and its concerns such as
women’s representation in parliament, equal pay and healthy eating remain
ever-relevant. Part of Manchester
Histories Festival.
Suitable for
adults and young people
Booking
advised via Eventbrite – https://womansoutlook.eventbrite.co.uk
In order to
keep our events programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
1.00pm – 2.00pm
Saturday 29 March
The Liberal
government demanded every household comply with its census requirements. So suffragette organisations urged women, all
still voteless, to boycott. Many did. Join author and research fellow Dr Jill
Liddington for the fascinating insight into the events of Census Night 1911. Jill is co-author of One Hand Tied behind Us which quickly became a suffrage
classic. Her most recent book, Rebel Girls:Their Fight For The Vote was
shortlisted for the Portico Book Prize.
Suitable for
adults and young people. Part of
Manchester Histories Festival.
Booking
required via Eventbrite – http://vanishingforthevote.eventbrite.co.uk
In order to
keep our events programme affordable to everyone, please make a donation
3.00pm – 3.45pm
