Vera ‘Jack’ Holme: Cross-dressing Actress, Chauffeur and Suffragette
Illustrated talk at the Women’s Library
Thursday 26 February 2009, 7pm, free
The Women’s Library’s collections include the archive of Vera Holme, whose diaries, photographs and papers tell the story of her bohemian life – as a cross-dressing actress, suffragette chauffeur to the Pankhursts and servicewoman overseas during the First World War.
Join archivist Anna Kisby to find out more about this intriguing woman and some of her romantic relationships with women.
In collaboration with Tower Hamlets Equality Unit
To book:
call 020 7320 2222 or
email moreinfo@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk
The Women’s Library, London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street London E1 7NT
http://www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk
