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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

Mary WardActive 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 equality

Join 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

Convicts, Lunatics and Women Have No Vote!Banners were an essential part of equality protests and the choice of design and material were critical to their success

Join 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

Map of the suburb of NewnhamNewnham Ladies have helped to shape the city of Cambridge and contributed much to the education of women and the success of the suffrage campaign

Join us on a walking tour of the streets and colleges of Newnham to learn more.

Activity: Memory Cafe – Traditions Around Death

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

This special Memory Café session will be an opportunity to talk about beliefs around death and related traditions and is held in collaboration with Dying for Life.

Activity: Oral History Training

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

- Always wanted to know more about the amazing things that your neighbours have done? Ever wondered about the life of that fascinating old person who lives down the road? Are you interested in learning more about your local area and how it has changed over the years?

Our recent training session was so successful that we're offering another opportunity to learn how to conduct oral history interviews, and it's FREE!

Activity: Intergenerational Activity Day

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Calling all grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles!

Bring all the younger members of your family along to a day of family fun at our Museum on Tuesday 23 October

Activity: Scene at the Museum

The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Join us for six theatrical vignettes, written by local authors and fully staged in the environs of the Museum of Cambridge. Each play will draw upon an object to be found in our displays and the direction in which they take the author's imagination may surprise you!

November Walking Tour: Hidden Cambridge and the Museum of Cambridge

The Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Join us for a 90-minute walking tour as we explore Hidden Cambridge, taking in the streets, alleys, buildings and history of the people living in the area between St John’s College and Quayside, before crossing the river to Castle Hill and the Museum of Cambridge.

Play Reading: Man and Woman – The Question of the Day

The Old Lab Building, Newnham College Newnham College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

A cast of prominent local thespians will rediscover the suffrage themes of Mary Ward's work Man and Woman - The Question of the Day, which was performed in 1909. The evening will be introduced by Dr Ann Kennedy Smith.

Activity: Bonfire Night Memory Café

Enid Porter Room, Museum of Cambridge 2-3 Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

It’s been more than 400 years since the Gunpowder Plot, but it’s still remembered each year with a host of bonfires and firework displays.

Join us in the Enid Porter Room and share your stories in our special Bonfire Night Memory Café