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Shirley Harrison will be our guest speaker and her talk will be:
Sylvia Pankhurst - A Maverick life: George Bernard Shaw declared, 'There are only two opinions about about her. One was that she was miraculous. The other that she was unbearable'. In this talk, Shirley Harrison looks at the life of Sylvia Pankhurst, a prominent campaigner in the suffragette movement but who continued to make an impact on the world stage long after the crusade for women's suffrage had been won. Campaigning for women and workers, Sylvia Pankhurst was also an important figure in the communist movement and a keen supporter of Haile Selassie, and is the only foreigner to have been given a state funeral by the Emperor of Ethiopia.
We meet downstairs at the Aldgate Exchange, Whitechapel High Street - between Aldgate UG and Goulston Street. Doors open at 7pm.
Everyone welcome. There is a small charge for non-members, but it works out cheaper to sign up for a subscription on the night.
Hope to see you there.
Coral
Sylvia Pankhurst - A Maverick life: George Bernard Shaw declared, 'There are only two opinions about about her. One was that she was miraculous. The other that she was unbearable'. In this talk, Shirley Harrison looks at the life of Sylvia Pankhurst, a prominent campaigner in the suffragette movement but who continued to make an impact on the world stage long after the crusade for women's suffrage had been won. Campaigning for women and workers, Sylvia Pankhurst was also an important figure in the communist movement and a keen supporter of Haile Selassie, and is the only foreigner to have been given a state funeral by the Emperor of Ethiopia.
We meet downstairs at the Aldgate Exchange, Whitechapel High Street - between Aldgate UG and Goulston Street. Doors open at 7pm.
Everyone welcome. There is a small charge for non-members, but it works out cheaper to sign up for a subscription on the night.
Hope to see you there.
Coral
- Won't be there either sadly but will be there in spirit! (!) 
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