Events

The Alice Hawkins Heritage Project Launch and Book Signing

  • Date: 12/06/08
  • Time: 12:00 to: 14:00
  • Location: Leicester Tourist Information Centre, Town Hall Square, Leicester City Centre

The LeicestHERday Trust, supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, invite YOU to

THE ALICE HAWKINS HERITAGE PROJECT LAUNCH AND BOOK SIGNING 

Alice Hawkins Book

 

This will be a special event to announce the award of a Heritage Lottery project in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland which will create a permanent Her Story archive of young people interviewing women who have overcome barriers to suffrage, race, freedom, migration and active citizenship. 

There will also be the opportunity to meet Dr. Richard Whitmore, the author of the recently published Alice Hawkins book “Alice Hawkins and the Suffragette Movement in Edwardian Leicester”, plus chat to Alice’s great grandson Peter Barratt.

The Right Worship Lord Mayor of Leicester, Cllr Manjula Sood, will launch the project at 1pm.

 

 

Images from this event:

Maureen Milgram Forrest with the Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Leicester Mrs Manjula SoodLeicestHERday Trustees with Councillor Manish SoodThe Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Leicester Mrs Manjula Sood with Cllr Manish SoodLaunch buzzThe Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Leicester Mrs Manjula Sood with Richard Whitmore, author of the Alice Hawkins bookThe Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Leicester Mrs Manjula Sood addresses the delegatesMaureen Milgram Forrest with the Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Leicester Mrs Manjula Sood and Maria ScrivensDecendants of Alice Hawkins with Dr Richard WhitmoreThe Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Leicester Mrs Manjula Sood with Peter Barrett and DorothyA LeicestHERday Trustee and staff member with Maria Scrivens outside the Tourist Information Centre



For further information about this event contact: lara@leicestherday.org.uk



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