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March 2019

Govanhill Suffrage Exhibition

9th March 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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An event every day that begins at 12:00pm, repeating until 30th March 2019

Victoria House, 72a Victoria Road
Glasgow, G42 7AA United Kingdom
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Free

A multimedia exhibition exploring the demographic of Govanhill at the time of the suffragette movement, including the Irish, Jewish and Italian communities and the jobs working-class women would have been employed in. Creative reflections on suffragettes locally, nationally and internationally, examining the importance of direct action, law-breaking, the treatment of suffragettes, links with other social-justice campaigns, self-defence including the martial art jiu-jitsu and how the bicycle became a symbol of women’s emancipation.

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