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LeicestHERday are looking for 50 young, motivated individuals to contribute to a brand new project designed to give young people an insight to the lives and experiences of women in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland....
Posted 14 days ago by Lara Thomas
The LeicestHERday Trust are looking for women who would like to be interviewed as part of the Alice Hawkins Heritage Project. Based on the inspirational story of Leicester’s suffragette Alice Hawkins, the project aims to celebrate and cherish women’s right to vote, right to freedom, right to equal opportunities and to quality of life....
Posted 14 days ago by Lara Thomas
The book, Alice Hawkins and the Suffragette Movement in Edwardian Leicester is out now and available for sale from the website. Written by Richard Whitmore, it is a fabulous read about the woman and her time...
Posted 143 days ago by Site Admin