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Volunteers and Voters:The First World War and its Legacy
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The Conference is organised by: The Women’s History Network, Midlands Region
Saturday, 12 November 201610.30am - 4.00pm
Worcester Room, Conference Centre (CC 004)
University of Worcester, St. John’s Campus, Henwick Grove, Worcester, WR2 6AJ
Volunteers and Voters: The First World War and its Legacy
Provisional Conference Programme
10.30am Registration and Coffee – Worcester Room, Conference Centre (CC 004)
11.00am Welcome (CC 004) – Dr Wendy Toon, University of Worcester
The Voters and Volunteers Project – Prof Maggie Andrews, University of Worcester
Invited Speaker (CC 004):
11.15am ‘Women and the Brave New World of Communal Dining, 1917-1919’ - Dr Bryce Evans, Liverpool Hope University
Panel Discussions:
Panel 1: Volunteers: Religious Responses (CC 004)
12noon ‘Fundraisers and Tea-Makers: The pre- and post-war roles of Glasgow Orangewomen’ - Dr Deborah Butcher, University of Glasgow
12.30pm ‘To represent all the women of the city: Catharine Albright and the Birmingham Community Club’ – Dr Siȃn Roberts, University of Worcester
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Panel 2: Red Cross Volunteers (Hereford Room, CC 009)
12noon ‘Creating a Transatlantic Authority: A Canadian Woman in London, 1914-1918’ – Dr Elizabeth Kirkland, Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
12.30pm ‘The First World War background of Devon’s early women magistrates, with particular reference to service within the Devonshire Red Cross’ - Dr Julia Neville, Exeter University
1.00–2.00 Exhibition (CC 004) – ‘Worcestershire Voters and Volunteers, 1914-1939’
Sandwich Lunch
Invited Speaker (CC 004):
2.00pm ‘Rural women, volunteer networks and the politics of food production during the First World War: The Women’s War Agricultural Committees’ - Dr Nicola Verdon, Sheffield Hallam University
Voters (CC 004)
2.45pm ‘Women and Lancashire Conservatism between the Wars’ – Dr Neil Fleming, University of Worcester
3.15pm ‘Voters and the Voteless: The 1918 franchise and working-class women in Birmingham’ - Anna Muggeridge, University of Worcester
Volunteers and Voters:The First World War and its Legacy
University of WorcesterBooking Form
Conference Fee: £15 (Full fee)
Concessions [unwaged/retired/postgraduate students] - £7.50
University of Worcester and local School/College students – Free
Members of HLF-funded Projects - Free
To book: By post - Please either return the form to the address below with a cheque made out to ‘Women’s History Network Midlands Region’ or return the form and pay cash on the day (please indicate this on the form).
By email – Please return this form to Janey Robins ([email protected]) to reserve your place. Please include the Subject: WHN Conference, November 2016.
Postal address: Dr Wendy Toon, Department of History, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester, WR2 6AJ.
For further details, please contact: Dr Wendy Toon [email protected] or 01905-855305
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