Mothers of liberty: how modern liberalism was made by women

Thanks to their exclusion from the right to vote and to stand for Parliament before 1918, the role of women in Liberal history is often overlooked. Yet many women played crucial roles, from the earliest days of Liberal history, as organisers, campaigners and theorists. This meeting analysed and celebrated the importance of women to the growth and success of Liberal thought and politics. The meeting also marked the launch of a new History Group booklet, a series of biographies of famous women liberals, which details the contribution of women to Liberal politics from the eighteenth century to the present day. The speakers were: Dr Helen McCabe, Oxford University, on women associated with the development of Liberal political thought in the 18th and 19th centuries, including Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Martineau, Harriet Taylor Mill and Barbara Bodichon. Baroness Jane Bonham-Carter, on the story of one of the most significant Liberal women of the 20th century, Violet Bonham Carter. Jo Swinson MP (PPS to the Deputy Prime Minister) on the role of women in the modern Liberal Democrats. Chair: Lynne Featherstone MP, Minister for Equalities, Home Office. You can ||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzu8g0coIG0||watch the meeting online here||.

September 23, 2012 07:55 PM
106 Bar, Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel, Kings Road East Sussex Brighton BN1 2FU