Campaigning for Jobs in 1980s Britain: History of the Haringey Women's Employment Project

FREE Women's History Talk & Panel, Bruce Castle Museum & Archive, Lecture Hall

Thursday, 19 of March  from 7- 9 PM (doors at 6:30)

This Women's History Month, come along to Bruce Castle Museum and Archive for an evening talk by Dr. Natalie Thomlinson (University of Reading) and panel discussion with the former organisers of the Haringey Women's Employment Project - Carmelita Kadeena-Whyte, Ursula Murray, and Joan Neary.

Women are rarely seen as the primary victims of the unemployment crisis that hit Britain in the 1980s. Yet by 1979, women’s unemployment rates were higher than men’s across the UK. Women's experiences often went unreported, both at the time and later. This talk explores the experiences of women looking for jobs here in North London. It illuminates the archives of the Haringey Women’s Employment Project and their activism around barriers that faced local women struggling to find work, such as racial discrimination alongside sex discrimination, and lack of childcare or training. This event celebrates the achievements of the group, and asks what can their activism teach us today.

Booking is essential. Please book your FREE place via Eventbrite.

Doors open 6.30pm – a chance for refreshments and to visit the project exhibition 'The National Woman's MP: Joyce Butler, women's rights and women's liberation'. Talk: 7.30 – 9pm

For any enquiries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

This event is part of the Joyce Butler Project based at Bruce Castle. The project examines the histories of women's lives, rights and work in post-war Britain. To find out more about the project and Women's History Month gallery talks & events, visit www.brucecastle.org/events