Danger and Scandals of Lincolnshire – Dangerous Women of Lincolnshire

Description

Join us, online, as we welcome Adrian Gray with the first of two talks on Danger and Scandals of Lincolnshire.

Dangerous Women of Lincolnshire 

This entertaining talk looks at four very challenging women from Lincolnshire – all of whom were called Anne! These were women from the 1500s to the 1800s who took on ‘the male establishment’ and shook it up with their own ideas. They include the famous Anne Askew, whose life was ended in 1546 when she was burnt at the stake, but also Ann Carr of Market Rasen who led a notable social mission amidst the slums of Leeds in the early 1800s. The selection also includes two famous Lincolnshire women who went to America – the poet Anne Bradstreet of Boston, and the visionary Anne Hutchinson – who turned Massachusetts upside down!

Date: Tuesday 10th October 2023

Time: 7pm

Venue: Online

Tickets: £8 member / £10 non-member.

Notes on speaker:

Adrian Gray is based at Laneham, between Retford and Lincoln. He is a graduate of Queens’ College, Cambridge, in History and the author of THIRTY books on aspects of local and national history. He is historical adviser to Pilgrims & Prophets Christian Heritage Tours and Bassetlaw Christian Heritage, both of which are community groups working to develop heritage tourism in Notts and Lincs. He runs large Facebook groups on Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire history.