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Back to topONSITE WORKSHOP: Discover the lives of Radical Women in Clerkenwell
Join us for an engaging introduction to the lives of Clerkenwell’s radical women. Delivered in partnership with Islington Heritage Service as part of our Reds on the Green programme, this session shines a light on women who shaped political movements, challenged injustice, and organised for change.
Email: m.jump@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
Through short introductory talks, we’ll explore figures such as Eleanor Marx, Noreen Branson and Nadezhda Krupskaya, alongside other inspiring women connected to the area’s rich radical history.
The session also includes an interactive archive workshop, offering a hands-on opportunity to explore original materials and discover how these women’s stories are preserved in our collections.
OUTREACH TALK: Women and the Spanish Civil War
Join MML Director Meirian Jump at the People's Letters Bookshop as part of the Cable Street Together programme.
Email: m.jump@marx-memorial-library.org.uk
The Battle of Cable Street brought into sharp focus the threat of fascism on the home front and inspired many to volunteer for the International Brigades to fight Franco in Spain. Famous accounts of the British response to the Spanish Civil War—including those by Orwell and Laurie Lee—tend to focus on men and the military experience. In reality, there was a much broader movement in solidarity with the Spanish Republic, encompassing medical aid, the care of refugee children, and community organising—in which women played a leading role.
Discover the stories of these anti-fascist women, too often hidden from history.
Meirian Jump will share material and reflections from the unique collection of the Marx Memorial Library.
Meirian Jump is the Director of the Marx Memorial Library (MML) & Workers’ School. An archivist, she has worked at MML—home to the most significant and comprehensive archive on the Spanish Civil War in the UK—for over a decade. She is also the granddaughter of International Brigadier Jimmy Jump, whose memoir, The Fighter Fell in Love, was published by The Clapton Press in 2021.