Highlight Gallery Talk: What's a 'Women's Issue'? The Joyce Butler Project
Schedule
Fri Mar 06 2026 at 02:30 pm to 03:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Bruce Castle Museum | London, EN
As 'The National Woman's MP', explore Joyce Butler's fight to ensure 'housewives' campaigns and voices were considered of national interestAbout this Event
Throughout her life, Wood Green MP Joyce Butler campaigned tirelessly on a number of fronts - housing, healthcare access, legislation to prevent sex discrimination, and consumer rights, to name a few - earning her the moniker 'The National Woman's MP'. In this highlight gallery talk, Chlo Williams (Outreach & Engagement Officer: The Joyce Butler Project) explores Butler's wide-ranging career and interests, as she fought for 'housewives' campaigns to be considered of national interest and priority. This Women's History Month, join us to ask what makes a 'women's issue', how women like Joyce Butler have fought for change over decades, and what we have all gained from their activism?
This event is part of the Joyce Butler Project based at Bruce Castle Museum & Archive. The project examines the histories of women's lives, rights and work in post-war Britain.
Organised by the Joyce Butler Project with Bruce Castle Museum & Archive.
For the current Joyce Butler exhibition, see: www.brucecastle.org
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Where is it happening?
Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, London, United KingdomGBP 0.00
