Women in Letchworth Exhibition

A new exhibition, Women in Letchworth, which celebrates the extraordinary (and ordinary) women in Letchworth Garden City, opens on Friday 27 July at the Community Museum in The Arcade.

Drawing on the rich archives at the Garden City Collection, the exhibition brings to life the stories of women who lived active and purposeful lives in Letchworth through fascinating objects and old photographs.

Josh Tidy, Curator of the Women in Letchworth exhibition, said: “Letchworth’s past is packed full of passionate, inspiring and high-achieving women, many of whom will be celebrated in this exhibition. From corset makers to cinema crew, factory girls to flappers, secretaries to suffragettes and war workers to women on their wedding day, we are delighted to be able to recognise the contribution these women made to day-to-day life.”

The exhibition will also celebrate Letchworth’s suffragists and suffragettes. Josh added: “Letchworth Garden City has a proud history of fighting for the suffrage cause. We know that there were 284 women from Letchworth who were members of the National Union of Women Suffrage Society and a handful of militant suffragettes who were imprisoned and tortured to support the cause. We are looking forward to recognising them in this exhibition.”

Women in Letchworth is at the Community Museum in The Arcade from Friday 27 July until Saturday 29 September. The exhibition will be open from 10am – 4pm, Thursday to Saturday.

For more information visit https://www.letchworth.com/news/corset-makers-and-cinema-crew-secretaries-and-suffragettes