The Inaugural Margaret McCoubrey Lecture
WOMEN, WAR AND WELFARE:
THE COOPERATIVE CRUSADES OF MARGARET TAYLOR McCOUBREY
1880-1956
Dr Myrtle Hill
Recent research has helped to illuminate the dynamic engagement of women in the social and political history of Ireland; this illustrated lecture explores the life of activist Margaret McCoubrey and her crucial role in the Suffrage movement, Pacifism, the Co-operative movement and Labour politics in early 20th century Belfast
Thursday 6 November 2014 from 19.00 – 21.30
Venue: The Duncairn Centre for Culture and Arts, Duncairn Avenue, Belfast
Hosted by The Cross-Currents in British and Irish Working-Class Life Research Group at Queen’s University Belfast’s Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities
In association with
The Ministerial Advisory Group on the Ulster Scots Academy (MAGUS)