Strong-minded women: the 19th-century women's rights movement

This course is aimed at adults and features discussion of prostitution and birth control within a historical context. Owing to the nature of the material covered, this course may not be suitable for under 18s.

Course programme

Friday 6 May 2016

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner
20:30 The Role of Women – status quo in 1837
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday 7 May 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 The Early Suffrage Groups 1867-1897
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Women and the Law – child custody and divorce laws
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Women and Education – access to higher education
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Women and Morals – the hypocrisy of Victorian society
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday 8 May 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Overseas Influences – suffrage groups in New Zealand, USA and Australia
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Winning the Vote & Beyond – the suffrage movement 1903-1928
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch.