Join us to explore the lives and legacies of some of West Yorkshire's homegrown human rights champions, from the well-known to the unsung.
Though some, like Ilkley-born activist for reproductive rights Alice Jenkins, or Mirfield's Henry Noel Brailsford, a co-founder of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage, are little remembered today, their impact was felt far and wide.
Discover the places our 'handful of pioneers' were born, lived, and loved, and learn more about their role in achieving rights many of us now take for granted - blazing trails for activists to come.
About the speaker
Madeleine Goodall is the Humanist Heritage Coordinator for Humanists UK, researching and writing about the history and influence of humanism. She is also Humanists UK's 'Wikimedian in Residence'.
She currently leads on a two-year National Lottery Heritage Fund project – Humanist Heritage: doers, dreamers, place makers – which focuses on the remarkable freethinkers and activists who changed the world, and the communities they built around them.
Location
18 Commercial Street
Leeds, LS1 6AL