Kitty Marion: The Forgotten Suffragette with Fern Riddell

Thu Sep 26 2024 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

Sefton Park Palm House | Liverpool

Smithdown Litfest
Publisher/HostSmithdown Litfest
Kitty Marion: The Forgotten Suffragette with Fern Riddell Join historian Fern Riddell for the fascinating, never-before-told story of radical suffragette Kitty Marion.
About this Event

Fern Riddell, world expert on the terrorism of the suffragettes, finds a hidden diary and uses Kitty’s own words to tell the story of her sensational life and explosive actions, including her attack on Sefton Park Palm House, the venue for this talk.

Dr Fern Riddell is a historian specialising in sex, suffrage and culture in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Her books include, Death in Ten Minutes and Sex: Lessons from History. She appears regularly on TV and radio, and writes for the Guardian, Huffington Post, Telegraph and Times Higher Education among others, and is a columnist for BBC History Magazine.

Event supported by the Research Institute for Literature and Cultural History, Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Ticket proceeds from this event go to Smithdown in Bloom.


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Event Venue

Sefton Park Palm House, Sefton Park, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 10.00

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