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The Hardy Sisters – Talk by Anne Johns and Jenny Head
Thursday, September 29, 2022
- Location: Lecture Hall
- £9 Members; £12 Non-members
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Mid-Victorian England was a hard place for a career woman, yet Mary and Kate Hardy were pioneers in their field and two of the early trail blazers in elementary education.
Whilst living their lives in relative obscurity, the sisters’ experiences helped their famous brother to shape characters and portray situations, thus influencing his writing.
This illustrated talk will look at the severity of the Hardy sisters’ life at Salisbury Training College as well as the considerable challenges of their careers in newly established but impoverished schools.
Anne and Jenny, both former students and authors of two books about the College, will also reflect on how Mary and Kate lived in their brother’s shadow, but contributed so much to his work.
7.30pm Lecture Hall
