Historical, True-life

Alice Hawkins – Suffragette

Peter gives a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother’s hard-fought campaign for the right to vote over 100 years ago. A shoe machinist by trade, lifelong socialist and mother of six, Alice formed her local city suffragette branch in 1907 following imprisonment in Holloway Jail. Centenary year of 2018 marked a statue unveiled of Alice in her home town of Leicester together with original suffragette memorabilia exhibited at UK Parliament, including her sash, hunger-strike medal and more. Sister suffragette Ruth Pownall adds true theatre to an unmissable spoken word show.

• Spoken Word
• £8.00
• 13-17 August 2026
• 55 minutes
• Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
• The Helen Duncan Room
• Age 8 and above (8+)
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