For the first time some Women (30%) gained the right to vote and ALL MEN were granted the vote. Within ten years women achieved equal voting

The campaign for equal rights continues

 

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9.30 Registration

10.00 Welcome by Mark Tucker (Headteacher, John Frost School) and Introductory remarks by Chair: Dr Elin Jones

 

The Convention opens with a performance from students of the John Frost School, followed by a morning session focused on the Campaign for Votes for Women

 

Panel for morning session:

Prof. Jane Aaron (USW)

Early Feminism and Chartism before 1866

 

Dr. Ryland Wallace

Women’s suffrage campaign

Dr. Rachel Lock-Lewis (USW)

The difference the vote made: women, politics and activism after 1918

 

There will be a refreshment break at 11.30

 

This will be followed by a Panel Discussion with questions from the floor

12.45 Lunch

 

13.30 Afternoon session

 

During the afternoon Stuart Butler and the Stroud history group will give a performance on The Chartist pubs of Gwent.

 

Followed by two lectures:

 

Dr. Matthew Roberts (Sheffield Hallam University) The material and visual culture of Chartism

Tea Break

 

Brian Davies: Dr William Price.

 

The Convention closes at 16.30

 

Various interesting STALLS are being organised by:-

CHARTISM e-MAG, Gwent Archives, Friends of Newport Museum & Art Gallery, Gwent County History Association, Friends of Newport Ship, Western Front Association, Sylvia Mason, Gelligaer Historical Society, Friends of Tredegar House and National Trust, Stroud History Group, Bristol Radical History Group.

 

Cardiff University Student Poster Presentation (history degree dissertations):

Mali Summers: The Black Domain: a local study in political evolution
Leah Ellis: Impact of World War 1 on the Women’s Suffrage Campaign in South Wales

 

The Convention is held a week early this year. From 3 November a range of events take place in Newport that includes Music, Street Performance, a People’s March in the City centre, the annual Chartist Commemoration Ceremony at St. Woolos and a variety of activities at other venues throughout the city.