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Time to sign up
ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information professionals in the Social Sciences).
are pleased to announce a visit to a major exhibition about the East London Federation of Suffragette
this is being held at
Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives Ideas store- Women’s Hall
277 Bancroft Road, London E1 4DQ
http://www.ideastore.co.uk/womens-hall
The tour will take place 12.15 – 12.45 and you are welcome to stay for lunch in the cost-price restaurant from 12.45.
The Women’s Hall at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives is the first major exhibition about the East London Federation
of the Suffragettes (ELFS).
The free exhibition and accompanying events run until 20 October 2018 and explore the ELFS campaign for the vote, their split from the
WSPU and their wartime projects, which included a co-operative toy factory, a health clinic, and a nursery in a former pub. Visitors will learn about little known local working class suffragettes like Melvina Walker and Daisy Parsons, and the venues in Bow
and Poplar which were taken over by the ELFS for use in their projects.
Thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the exhibition hall at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives will be transformed
into a unique space evoking the headquarters of the ELFS, a former Baptist mission hall on Old Ford Road in Bow which the suffragettes named ‘The Women’s Hall’. The building no longer stands.
The exhibition includes a recreation of the ELFS Cost Price Restaurant, which will serve refreshments for visitors on a free or 'pay-what-you-can'
basis using redistributed food on dates to be confirmed. There will also be a donation point for the local food bank.
The Visit is free to ALISS members
£5 to non-members
To sign up contact
Heather Dawson
ALISS Secretary
LSE Library
10 Portugal Street
WC2A 2HD