The Formidable Women of Manchester (tour during International Women's Week)

Tue Mar 10 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:45 pm

Manchester Art Gallery | Manchester

New Manchester Walks
Publisher/HostNew Manchester Walks
The Formidable Women of Manchester (tour during International Women's Week)
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A tribute to the women who made and moulded Manchester; from Emmeline Pankhurst to Victoria Wood; from Mother Ann Lee to Erinma Bell.
About this Event

Here are some of our formidable women...

* Annie Horniman, who established Britain’s first repertory theatre company.

* Elizabeth Gaskell, who wrote Mary Barton, one of the classic “condition of England” novels in 1848.

* Hannah Mitchell, who challenged Churchill at St John’s School during the Suffragette era.

* Shelagh Delaney who pioneered modernist theatre with her groundbreaking A Taste of Honey.

* Ellen Wilkinson – “Red Ellen” who accompanied the Jarrow miners to London.

* Kathleen Ollerenshaw, who overcame deafness to become Lord Mayor, a leading educationalist, mathematician and advisor to Margaret Thatcher (now what sort of job is that for a Mancunian?!).

* Sylvia Pankhurst, Britain’s greatest political campaigner.

These are just some of the heroic Manchester women we will be celebrating.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

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