About the Talk

The first Women's Institute meeting in England was held at the Fox Goes Free near Singleton, just outside Chichester. In this talk, Prof Maggie Andrews explores the organisation's key campaigns and concerns — from its links to the women's suffrage movement during the First World War to the 1950s, when, with half a million members, it was firmly established as the largest women's organisation in Britain.

About the Speaker

Prof Maggie Andrews is a cultural historian whose work covers the social and cultural history of twentieth century Britain. A key focus of her research is domesticity and femininity, and she is the author of publications including a feminist history of the Women's Institute movement. Her most recent work explores domesticity and the Home Front in World War One and Two.

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Doors open at 2pm talk starts at 2.15pm Tickets £10 including teas and coffees.