7:30pm-9:00pm on Tuesday 8 September
Ross Street Community Centre, Ross Street, CB1 3UZ
The Mill Road History Society presents a talk by Dr Deborah Thom examining the everyday working lives of women in East Cambridge.
The talk draws on examples from local factories, food-processing plants, colleges, schools and printing works. Through case studies including Pye, Chivers and Cambridge college bedders, it examines hours, pay, working conditions and the role of trade unions, while also highlighting the experiences of women who entered new forms of employment during wartime.
Deborah has lived in Cambridge since 1983 and taught Social and Cultural History at Robinson College, Cambridge until retiring in 2016 and still contributes to a course on women in Cambridge 1900-1950 which has taken her more into local everyday lives. Her research and publications have ranged from Labour History to History of Education, of Psychology and Gender History.
This talk takes place at Ross Street Community Centre which is fully accessible. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 7:30pm. Tea and biscuits provided.
Note there is no booking for this talk so we recommend you arrive early so as not to be turned away if we reach capacity.
https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-deborah-thom
https://www.millroadhistory.org.uk
https://capturingcambridge.org