PUBLIC TALK:
  Blue Stockings in the Cultural Precinct
  - Panel Discussion
		
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:00 - Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
		
For Blue Stockings Week this year (13-17 August), the Berndt Museum is
presenting a panel discussion on the important role of women within the
UWA Cultural Precinct. Blue Stockings Week is a commemoration of the
Blue Stockings Society, an 18th century club for 'clever ladies and
their gentlemen friends'.  The club encouraged women to discuss
intellectual topics over a cup of tea, thereby bucking the trend of
succumbing to the frivolous topics and endeavours expected of women
during that time. The name emerged from the habit of dressing down
during the club's meetings, whereby the women wore blue woolen legwear,
as opposed to the silk stockings traditional to evening meetings.

The panel will consist of Emeritus Professor Margaret Seares AO,
Professor Sandy Toussaint and Curator Lee Kinsella.
		
For more information:
  Kelly Rowe
  kelly.rowe@uwa.edu.au
  (08) 6488 7800

Starts       : Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:00
Ends         : Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:00
		
Last Updated : Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:53