Category: Medway Women’s History Month
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The Forgotten Force: Unsung Women Who Shaped History
In a world that often forgets, there’s power in remembering. Our ‘Notable Women’ conversation was a tribute to women—brilliant, brave, and frequently erased—whose contributions shaped history but rarely make it into our textbooks. What began as a casual gathering, a conversation among curious minds, evolved into a collective call: to…
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Women Leading the Way: Comedy, Code & Creative Change
In our inspiring Creative Medway Women event, we hosted two remarkable trailblazers – Lynne Parker (left), founder of Funny Women, and Sue Davis, a pioneer in digital content and web design – who shared their unique journeys and the challenges they’ve overcome in industries still grappling with sex inequality. Breaking…
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Reflections on the first Medway Women’s History Month
We’ve had a couple of months off to catch our breath and now we can reflect on our Medway Women’s History Month Festival. Considering we had no funding or sponsorship, it was, overall, a successful start to celebrating women in Medway, both those from here and those further away. Women…
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Unspeakable: Poetry Launch at the Medway Women’s History Month Finale
“In the beginning is the hearing”, Mary Daly The Rochester Literature Festival and Medway Women’s History Month team are proud to announce the long-awaited launch of Unspeakable, the poetry collaboration between Chatham born SM Jenkin, and International writer and multi-disciplinary artist Rosemary McLeish. SM Jenkin says: “This pamphlet arose from…
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Finale Day at the Net Community Hub
Last chance to celebrate Medway Women’s History Month! The first event of the day, and we’re talking to fearless females who founded their own companies which culturally enrich their communities. From 12noon-1pm, meet Medway’s Creative Women. The conversation will be chaired by our very own Festival Director Jaye Nolan, a…
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Overcoming Adversity – Medway’s female community doers
The Net Community Hub plays host to three extraordinary women, who, in spite of the difficulties they face, make the lives of Medway residents so much richer. Sue Bulpin, Sam Rapp and Kate Belmonte are in conversation on Saturday, March 22nd at the Net Community Hub from 1pm. Sue lives…
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From Suffragettes to the Political Now
Jennifer Godfrey talks to former Chatham and Aylesford MP, Dame Tracey Crouch, DBE, and current Gillingham and Rainham MP, Naushabah Khan, about the rise of female representation in parliament and what struggles they still faced in the 21st Century, drawing comparisons between them and the early female pioneers. Jennifer Godfrey…
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Author Talks in Strood for Women’s History Month
We have two amazing female authors for you to enjoy on Saturday 15th March, at the Salvation Army Hall in Strood. 2pm: In Conversation with Victoria Smith The author of ‘Hags: The demonisation of middle-aged women’, and new book, (Un)Kind, Victoria explores the many issues women deal with. Victoria is a…
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Challenging Stereotypes – Jobs for the Girls and A Sporting Chance
Celebrating both International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month on Saturday, March 8th, with two panels of awesome women who’ve already smashed those glass ceilings. After each panel, there will be a market place so that girls can approach the panelists to ask those burning, in depth questions they’ll be…
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Medway Women’s History Month 2025 – Launch Event
The first of the month-long series of events is our official launch in Room 11, Rochester Adult Education Centre, Eastgate, on Saturday, 1st March 2025. We have inspiring speeches and a performance from the Brompton and Invicta Military Wives Choir, with a chance to meet the team behind Medway Women’s…
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March is Medway Women’s History Month
Saturdays in March 2025 are going to be busy, so block out your diaries now. We’re working in partnership with Medway Adult Education, Rochester, Salvation Army, Strood and the Net Community Hub to celebrate Medway Women’s History Month. Here’s our programme for the month: March 1st: Launch Event at Rochester…
Rochester Literature Festival 