[ecrea] Shoulder to Shoulder: Female Suffrage, Second-Wave Feminism and Feminist TV Drama in the 1970s

Birkbeck Institute of the Humanities, in association with Birkbeck 
Institute of the Moving Image and the CATH Research Centre, De Montfort 
University, presents



Shoulder to Shoulder: Female Suffrage, Second-Wave Feminism and Feminist 
TV Drama in the 1970s



The Cinema, 43 Gordon Square,

Birkbeck, University of London,

15-16 May 2014



This event is free, but booking is required.



2014 marks the fortieth anniversary of the BBC miniseries, Shoulder to 
Shoulder, which told the story of the early women'ssuffrage movement in 
Britain (1890s-1919). This event focuses on women's television history 
and the history of feminism on television, as it celebrates this key 
text for, and made by, women. It will include a screening plus Q&A with 
cast and crew, followed by a symposium exploring questions of 
representing women's history and how it is remembered.



Exhibition:        Sally Heathcote, Suffragette: Remembering Female Suffrage

                        Peltz Gallery, 43 Gordon Square,

                        Birkbeck, University of London,

                        Monday 12 – Friday 23 May 2014

http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events-calendar/sally-heathcote-suffragette-remembering-female-suffrage



Thursday 15 May 2014. Screening and Reception

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shoulder-to-shoulder-screening-and-reception-tickets-9656118711

2.30-5pm      Screening: Shoulder to Shoulder (BBC 1974), episode 2, 
‘Annie Kenney’, followed by a cast and crew reunion.  Confirmed 
participants:

·       Moira Armstrong (director of ‘Outrage’ and ‘Christabel Pankhurst’)

·       Graham Benson (production assistant)

·       Angela Down (Sylvia Pankhurst)

·       Waris Hussein (director of ‘The Pankhursts’, ‘Annie Kenney’, 
‘Lady Constance Lytton’, ‘Sylvia Pankhurst’)

·       Siân Phillips (Emmeline Pankhurst)

·       Patricia Quinn (Christabel Pankhurst)



Friday 16 May 2014. Symposium

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/invite-friends?eid=9492058001

The symposium focuses on women's television history and the history of 
feminism on British television in the 1970s. It will explore how the 
women’s movement was represented in the 1970s, with a particular 
emphasis on Shoulder to Shoulder, but also identify various research 
projects concerned with the archaeological recovery of feminist history 
and the contribution of women to television. Confirmed participants:

·       Moira Armstrong, TV director (Shoulder to Shoulder)

·       Dr. Vicky Ball, De Montfort University

·       Dr. Melanie Bell, Newcastle University

·       Dr. Lez Cooke, Royal Holloway, University of London

·       Prof. Christine Geraghty, University of Glasgow

·       Dr. Ros Jennings, University of Gloucestershire

·       Lisa Kerrigan, Curator (Television), BFI National Archive

·       Prof. Joni Lovenduski, Birkbeck, University of London

·       Dr. Margaretta Jolly, University of Sussex

·       Dr. Janet McCabe, Birkbeck, University of London

·       Prof. June Purvis, University of Portsmouth

·       Dr. Mary Talbot. feminist graphic novelist



Followed by a book signing of Sally Heathcote, Suffragette by Mary and 
Bryan Talbot



Further information about the event can be obtained by contacting Janet 
McCabe: (j.mccabe /at/ bbk.ac.uk) or Vicky Ball: (vicky.ball /at/ sunderland.ac.uk)




Dr. Vicky Ball
Senior Lecturer in Film, Media & Cultural Studies
Programme Leader BA (Hons) Media, Culture and Communication
(vicky.ball /at/ sunderland.ac.uk)
0191 5152100
http://www.crmcs.sunderland.ac.uk/research-staff/vicky-ball/
http://womensfilmandtelevisionhistory.wordpress.com/
http://research.ncl.ac.uk/womensworkftvi/



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