Our Generation
WRDA Lectures – Baroness May Blood
Factory floor to the House of Lords
The inaugural lecture of the Anna Eggert lecture series, organised by the WRDA. Baroness May Blood was the speaker for the afternoon and delivered a biographical lecture entitled “From the factory floor to the House ...
WRDA Lectures – Dr Myrtle Hill
Pioneers, Protestors and Preachers
The second lecture, of the Anna Eggert Lecture Series, took place on 8th December and was delivered by Dr Myrtle Hill from Queen’s University who spoke on “Pioneers, Protestors and Preachers: Belfast’s Forgotten Women...
WRDA Lectures – Margaret Ward
Lecture: the Ulster Suffragettes
A century ago, a passionate crowd packed the Ulster Hall to hear the leader of the Suffragette Movement, Emmeline Pankhurst demand votes for women. Leading feminist author Dr Margaret Ward returned to the same venue t...