& more lovely coincidence. My mum, who trained in institutional & catering management in 1950s Belfast, kept a copy of ESB Archives pamphlet, as Dr Sorcha O'Brien was discussing at our Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network workshop & highlighted by Scéal Heritage Consultancy Donna Gilligan as key to material culture of everyday life.

I am finding some lovely synchronicity between our Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network Arts and Humanities Research Council network & my own family history. After our workshop at National Museum of Ireland on Saturday I was going through some papers of my late mother Margaret & found this copy of Women’s Institutes of NI journal, Sept 1959. ❤️.

'Women's history is not a niche subject. We are half the population ' Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network Powerful session this morning. So many ideas SIGBI

Susanna Braswell, President of Wicklow Irish Countrywomen's Association showing us minutes of Guild from 1960s found in an Ulster Bank deposit box & to be donated to National Library of Ireland ICA archive. Wonderful to have this record of long history of activism of ICA since 1910. Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network

We are doing a show & tell of material culture representing women’s grassroots organisations this morning with Scéal Heritage Consultancy session at Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network National Museum of Ireland & here is SI Tunbridge Wells caroline auckland with the beautiful chain of office. SIGBI.

Our ⁦Arts and Humanities Research Council⁩ @activism23 network Co-I ⁦Anne Logan⁩ showing her grandmother’s membership card for Somerst ⁦Women's Institute⁩ as part of our women’s activism material culture show & tell ⁦Scéal Heritage Consultancy⁩ ⁦National Museum of Ireland⁩

We have a unique opportunity to see together the chains of office for President of SIGBI Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland at our Scéal Heritage Consultancy session at our Arts and Humanities Research Council Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network network workshop at National Museum of Ireland A great symbol of cross borders activism.

Starting Day 2 of our Dublin workshop with a wonderful session from Donna Gilligan about using material culture to make visible past and present women’s grassroots activism

Hearing from ReginaDunneLaois #unitedirishwomen and #ica women's influences on agriculture & industry , milk depits, herbs, seeds, social education, public speaking, domestic sphere Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network National Museum of Ireland

What amazing speakers! #femaleactivism across borders Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network Arts and Humanities Research Council London South Bank University - LSBU National Museum of Ireland Prof Caitríona Beaumont Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS ReginaDunneLaois Dr Sorcha O'Brien Dr Deirdre Foley Dr Ruth Davidson

Wonderful to hear recording of an interview by ⁦Prof Linda Connolly⁩ with Hilda Tweedy, of the Irish Housewives’ Association, set up in 1942, & to hear Hilda point out that the women’s movement did not spring out of nowhere in the 1970s. How right she was. ⁦Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network⁩

A perfect way to end a wonderful day of discussion & sharing stories of #womensgrassrootsactivism past & present in Ireland & England with a public lecture at ⁦National Museum of Ireland⁩ by ⁦Prof Linda Connolly⁩. ⁦Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network⁩ ⁦Arts and Humanities Research Council⁩ ⁦London South Bank University - LSBU⁩

Here are Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network Arts and Humanities Research Council network workshop National Museum of Ireland we are hearing from Irish Countrywomen's Association Women's Institute SIGBI SI Tunbridge Wells representatives who are sharing inspirational & moving accounts of how these groups tirelessly campaign to enhance lives of women & girls. So impressive.

We are in the middle of a fantastic roundtable at Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network Arts and Humanities Research Council workshop here at National Museum of Ireland with Aisling Nolan who as President of SIGBI Republic of Ireland is sharing with us the key work undertaken by this significant women’s organisation active since 1938.

Our workshop kicks off today with a roundtable about historical women’s activism across borders with Prof Caitríona Beaumont ReginaDunneLaois Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS Dr Sorcha O'Brien Dr Deirdre Foley Dr Ruth Davidson chaired by Lindsey Earner Byrne

Last chance to book a FREE ticket for Prof Linda Connolly insightful lecture on importance of women’s activism & organisations in Ireland across the decades/generations. If you want to learn more about this key aspect of our history join us tomorrow National Museum of Ireland 5pm. Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network

Beautiful morning here in Dublin❤️. Am here to set up for our 2 day ⁦Arts and Humanities Research Council⁩ Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network ⁦London South Bank University - LSBU⁩ network Workshop 2 taking place ⁦National Museum of Ireland⁩, bringing together academics & members of women’s organisations to discuss #womensgrassrootsactivism .

📢 We have a few tickets left (they are going fast!) to book your FREE place for our Arts and Humanities Research Council Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network London South Bank University - LSBU network, Dublin Workshop Public Lecture. This Friday, 5pm. No better place than National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks to share stories of #womensgrassrootsactivism . Join us 👇.

There’s still time to book a free place for Linda Connolly’s public lecture this Friday! Will be a great talk 🎟

Thinking of something to do next Friday evening? Interested in finding out about the history & legacy of Irish women's organisations & their activism across the decades? Join Prof Linda Connolly at National Museum of Ireland for a public lecture as part of Women's Grassroots Activism Research Network.
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