Lenzie Symposium - Douglas Academy

Radical Women
and the
Struggle for Equality
Local History Symposium
with music & contributions by Lenzie Academy pupils
Wednesday 19th Nov 2014 / 12.45pm to 5.00pm
Lenzie Academy, Myrtle Avenue, Lenzie G66 4HR
Principal speakers include: Elspeth King on the ‘Suffragettes’, Katie Hunter of the Scottish Women's History
Group on 'Four Quaker Women' (who promoted women's rights during the nineteenth century) and actress
Janette Foggo (National Theatre of Scotland, 7:84, etc) on 'Heroines in Historical Drama'
There will be a welcome by Provost Una Walker of East Dunbartonshire
Chair: Professor Gerard Carruthers, University of Glasgow