A new international research network, led by Professor of Social History, Caitríona Beaumont, London South Bank University (LSBU), which will study local grassroots women’s activism across Ireland and England since 1918, has been announced today.
The ‘Agency and Advocacy: Locating Women’s Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present’, network brings together for the first time academics, Early Career Researchers and members of historic women’s organisations. The organisations include the: Irish Countrywomen’s Association, National Federation of Women’s Institutes and Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) namely Soroptimists Ireland, Soroptimists South East England Region and its Tunbridge Wells and District Club. Read more…
