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AGM & Talk: A Summer School of their Own – The Newnham College Summer Schools for Working Women

Ross Street Community Centre Ross Street Community Centre, Ross Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Between 1922 and 1950 Newnham College and the Workers’ Educational Association ran a pioneering series of residential summer schools specifically to meet the educational needs of working women. Organised largely by women for other women, these remarkable schools were inter-generational, inclusive and non-hierarchial. Mary Joannou’s richly illustrated presentation draws on the voices, reports, letters and […]

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The Darwin Family in Cambridge: a Special City Trail

Ross Street Community Centre Ross Street Community Centre, Ross Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The story of Charles Darwin’s family, from his paternal grandfather to his children and grandchildren, runs through the City of Cambridge like the Granta-Cam itself. This specially-planned ‘Darwin Trail’ from Emeritus Professor Philip Stott aims to introduce you to a fascinating family history, while hopefully also providing a scientific adventure, taking in cemeteries, colleges, plaques, museums, libraries, […]

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