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Alice Hawkins – Suffragette
22nd April 2025 @ 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
£8.00 – £18.50
The talk
Alice Hawkins – Suffragette
An overview
With oral history passed down over the family generations, Peter gives a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother’s hard-fought campaign for the right to vote over 100 years ago. A shoe machinist by trade and mother of six, centenary year 2018 marked a bronze statue unveiled of Alice together with her original suffragette memorabilia exhibited at UK Parliament, including her sash, hunger-strike medal and more. Alicehawkinssuffragette.co.uk
The speaker
An accomplished speaker, Peter has been a guest on many national TV and radio programmes, including BBC Antiques Roadshow ‘Pioneering Women’.