Distinguished SpeakersDr Helen Pankhurst: Deeds not Words
Event overview
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We are delighted to present an evening with Dr Helen Pankhurst. Helen will be leading a participatory discussion on women’s lives, reflecting on the changes in the UK since the right to a parliamentary vote first granted to some women in 1918. The session will be informed by findings from her new book ”Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now”.
As always there will be an opportunity for networking afterwards and Helen will be available to sign her book. Please feel free to bring your own copy of the book or purchase one on the evening (cash only please).
Dr Helen Pankhurst is an author and a women’s rights activist and international development practitioner.
Helen studied at Sussex University, Vassar College, New York, and Edinburgh University and has an honorary degree from Edge Hill University. She is a Visiting Professor at MMU.
Helen is a Senior Advisor for CARE International, based in the UK and in Ethiopia. Her work in Ethiopia is cross-sectoral, including improving water and sanitation services and addressing early and forced marriages. She previously worked for other international development charities including WaterAid, Womankind Worldwide and ACORD. She is currently a Trustee of ActionAid.
The great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, leaders of the British suffragette movement, Helen carries on the legacy. This includes undertaking re-enactment work for current-day awareness-raising including at the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, the 2015 film Suffragette, leading CARE International’s annual #March4Women event ahead of International Women’s Day in London and launching the Centenary Action Group. She has worked with the composer Lucy Pankhurst, on the lyrics of the Emmeline Anthem commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and in 2018 published the book: Deeds Not Words, the Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now.
Timings:
18:00 Registration
18.30 Speaker – Helen Pankhurst
19.30 Networking and Book Signing: “Deeds not Words: The story of women’s rights, then and now”
21:00 Finish