Louise Creighton: A pioneer of women’s rights and education

Join Dr Ann Kennedy Smith to discover the remarkable life of Louise Creighton, pioneering campaigner for women’s rights, education, and social reform. Living in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and married to the Bishop of London, Mandell Creighton, Louise built her own legacy as a writer and activist, and as a co-founder of the Cambridge Ladies Dining Society, a private women’s dining and discussion club.

Louise is commemorated in our Crypt, and this talk with writer and researcher Dr Ann Kennedy Smith will explore her life, achievements and lasting impact today.

Dr Ann Kennedy Smith is a writer, researcher and literary critic, best known for her work on women’s history at Cambridge. Her next book focuses on Cambridge’s pioneering women - the early female students, tutors, intellectuals and dons’ wives who shaped the university’s cultural life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is the author of a popular online blog, ‘Cambridge Ladies’ Dining Society’, featuring her long running research.

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