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1. www.lydiabecker.comViolinist | Lydia Becker

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   Lydia Becker is an innovative violinist who is passionate about building a vibrant audience relationship through historical performance practices and authenticity.

2. archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk › data › gb106-7Records of the Becker Family including papers of Lydia Becker

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   The couple had fifteen children. The eldest, Lydia Becker was born in the Manchester area in 1827 and was soon joined by the surviving siblings Mary, Esther, Edward, Wilfred, Arthur, John and Charles. Her early life was conventional and her main interests were in astronomy and botany. In 1865, the family moved to central Manchester where Becker ...

3. www.tandfonline.com › doi › absLydia Becker's ‘school for science’: a challenge to domesticity

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   Sep 10, 2007 · Lydia Becker (1827-1890) is known as a leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement but little is known about her work to include women and girls in science. Before her energy was channelled into politics, she aimed to have a scientific career.

4. www.manlitphil.ac.uk › events › the-tribulations-andThe tribulations and triumphs of Lydia Becker - MCR Lit&Phil

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   Mar 15, 2023 · In the 1868 general election women achieved a victory: a legal loophole allowed up to a thousand women across the country to cast their vote. This surprising event occurred due to the feisty and single-minded dedication of Lydia Becker. It gave rise to the belief amongst campaigners that women would soon be enfranchised.

5. www.womensequality.org.uk › greater_manchesterJoanna Williams presents the great Lydia Becker

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   Nov 29, 2022 · Get your ticket here: Joanna Williams presents The Great Miss Lydia Becker Tickets, Tue 29 Nov 2022 at 19:00 | Eventbrite. About the Author. Joanna M Williams is a native of the Manchester area and studied History at the University of Manchester at undergraduate and postgraduate level. After lecturing for the Department of Extra-Mural Studies ...

6. www.womensgrid.org.uk9 March 2022 14:00 ~ The great Miss Lydia Becker ...

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   Feb 17, 2022 · We mark International Women’s Day 2022 by welcoming historian and biographer Joanna Williams to talk to us about the subject of her new book, ‘The great Miss Lydia Becker: suffragist, scientist and trailblazer’. Fifty years before women were enfranchised, a legal loophole allowed a thousand women to vote in the general election of 1868.

7. shop.nationalarchives.gov.uk › products › the-greatThe Great Miss Lydia Becker: Suffragist, Scientist and ...

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   SKU: 9781399014809. Fifty years before women were enfranchised, a legal loophole allowed a thousand women to vote in the general election of 1868. This surprising event occurred due to the feisty and single-minded dedication of Lydia Becker, the acknowledged, though unofficial, leader of the women's suffrage movement in the later 19th cen.