Katherine Connelly

At the library - 10 March, 7-8:30pm

We are delighted to welcome Katherine Connelly to discuss her book Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire. This is part of International Women's Day celebrations.

Katherine Connelly is a writer and historian known for her significant contributions to the field of history. In addition to this biography of Sylvia Pankhurst she has edited A Suffragette in America: Reflections on Prisoners, Pickets and Political Change.

Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire focuses on Sylvia Pankhurst's activism as a prominent suffragette and socialist leader and her role in the British anti-war movement.

As a historian of the suffragette movement Katherine Connelly has featured on Netflix in the documentary series A Tale of Two Sisters and on Channel 4 in Secrets of a Suffragette. In 2014 for BBC Radio 4 she presented a four-part mini series on women's history in East London.

Her books provide valuable insights into the struggles for social change and the importance of political activism.

Admission is free.

Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library, in cooperation with the Lambeth Librarians.

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