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)

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