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100 Years of the WI
June 9, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
A Talk on: “100 years of the WI: The acceptable face of feminism”
The new date is Thursday 9th June, 2016 at 19:00 at The National Archives, Richmond.
Professor Maggie Andrews will discuss some of the key campaigns and concerns of the Women’s Institute, from its origins in the First World War to the 1950s when, with half a million members, it was firmly established as the largest women’s organisation in Britain.
Maggie is a Professor of Cultural History at the University of Worcester; she has published widely on women, domesticity and the home front in 20th century Britain.