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Forthcoming Event

Women's Library : Academic Symposium - New Perspectives on Lone Mothers

• When: Friday 23 November from 10am - 5pm
• Tickets: £30/£18 concessions, including refreshments and lunch

Showcasing new research into a range of issues around lone motherhood, including illegitimacy, extra-marital affairs, child maintenance and welfare, this symposium will offer new perspectives on historical and contemporary concerns.

Keynote papers:

• Pat Thane, Leverhulme Professor of Contemporary British History, Institute of Historical Research
• Hilary Land, Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol

Other speakers will include:

• Dr Tanya Evans Institute of Historical Research and curator of Sinners, Scroungers, Saints;
• Janet Fink, Open University;
• Maria Luddy, University of Warwick;
• Peter Harris, University of Oxford;
• Thomas Nutt, University of Cambridge;
• Vanessa May, University of Manchester;
• Ginger Frost, Samford University.

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