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International Womens Day 2018

8 March 2018 -International Women’s Day – saw the Manchester renamed as ‘Womanchester’ for the day and at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House we encouraged visitors to have a go at calligraphy with artists Joyce Lee; listen and debate with Dr Diane Duffy (one of our volunteers) in the drawing Room about whether Elizabeth Gaskell was a feminist; and finally our Sewing Bee ladies met in the Servant’s Hall for their usual weekly sew-together and to celebrate the last day of our Manchester Quilt Exhibition. A busy and fun day had by all. A big thank you to all involved.

We are enjoying a wonderful #InternationalWomenDay2018 @GaskellsHouse in #Womanchester – lots of debates, discussions and activities from our visitors and volunteers pic.twitter.com/XQRFZdfDMs

— E Gaskell's House (@GaskellsHouse) March 8, 2018

#Repost @artsynibs with @get_repost ・・・ The little things we don’t realise- Waking up to a world where women empowerment is celebrated and appreciated. I’ll be spending #internationalwomensday at the @elizabeth_gaskells_house, so pop by between 11:30am and 1pm to get one of these beautiful tags handwritten for you on the spot!

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