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The Sistren
Thu 6 Mar 2014
Guildhall Theatre
About the Event
Three extraordinary women are drawn together, in a compelling, funny and moving account of their struggle to make a difference.
Featuring Mary Wollstonecraft, considered to be 'the founder of modern feminism' through her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; mother to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley; Claudia Jones- black nationalist, communist, founder of the first Black British weekly newspaper, and considered to be be 'the mother of the Nottinghill Carnival'; and Emma Lloyd Sproson, suffragette, suffragist and Wolverhampton's first female councillor.
Tonia Daley-Campbell ("Jamaica 50", Black Hill, Araba's Song- A Slaves' Story), playing alongside Therese Collins (Foursight Theatre, Women and Theatre, Talking Birds) and Pamela Cole-Hudson (Gazebo).
