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Talk – “By her own consent”: The Murder of Mary Ashford and Rape Culture in the Georgian Era

6 February 2021Naomi Clifford

This is a live online event. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access.

Please come to my online presentation on the murder of Mary Ashford in 1817 on 9 March 2021 at 7pm. I will be exploring the rape culture of the 18th and early 19th centuries through the notorious case of Mary Ashford whose death in Erdington, near Birmingham became a cause célèbre.

Local gentlemen were so outraged that the man accused of her rape and murder was acquitted that they funded a second trial. So why did they also blame Mary for her own death? 200 years on, has anything really changed for women in the #metoo era?

Details

Where: Online
Who: Naomi Clifford
When: Tuesday 9 March 2021, 7pm
Price: FREE

A Friends of Carnegie Library event.

To book please visit Eventbrite.

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