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Join us for the launch of our brand new exhibition, Joyce Butler: 'The National Woman's MP' - celebrating the life and work of Joyce Butler, MP for Wood Green 1955-1979.
This exhibition has been curated in partnership with Dr Lyndsey Jenkins, Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in History, Mansfield College, University of Oxford as part of an AHRC funded heritage project 'The National Woman’s MP: Joyce Butler, women's rights and women's liberation from the 1950s to the 1970s’.
This is the inaugural display in our recently refurbished 'Townsend Gallery'; a stunning eighteenth century room restored to its original layout and named in memory of Henrietta and James Townsend, residents of Bruce Castle in the mid 1700s.
Tickets are free but must be booked via Ticket Tailor.
Programme for the evening:
Light refreshments provided.
Any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
About the project:
Joyce Butler (1910-1992), Haringey Councillor and MP for Wood Green had a lifelong commitment to women’s rights, social justice and spearheaded the campaign to make cervical screening available on the NHS. Most notably, she was inspired by anti-race discrimination campaigns from the mid-1960s, to instigate the landmark Sex Discrimination Act (1975), which is now the Equality Act (2010).
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Act, Bruce Castle Museum and Archive is excited to be working with Dr Lyndsey Jenkins, Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in History, Mansfield College, University of Oxford on a AHRC funded project ‘The National Woman’s MP: Joyce Butler, women's rights and women's liberation from the 1950s to the 1970s’. The project uses the Joyce Butler Archive held at Bruce Castle to commemorate her work as a Councillor and MP for Wood Green between 1955 and 1979, especially her efforts to tackle sex discrimination in education, training and employment.