A historian is set to explore the lives of women in Worcester across the centuries.
Dr Anna Muggeridge from the University of Worcester is hosting an interactive workshop called 'A Stitch Through Time: making a history of Worcester’s women' on Saturday (November 9).
The event will be held at the Tudor House Museum from 10am to 1pm.
The aim is to provide a snapshot of women's lives in Worcester during the Tudor and Victorian periods, as well as the Second World War.
Dr Muggeridge said: "We hope that people will learn about the lives of ordinary girls and women who lived in Worcester at different points in the past, particularly the ‘ordinary’, everyday aspects of their home life which might reflect some of the activities people undertake in their homes today.
"We also want to give people an opportunity to have a go at some of these activities."
The workshop includes an interactive session with opportunities to explore objects from the museum’s collection.
Participants can also try out heritage crafts such as weaving on a replica 16th-century loom, rag rugging, and 'make do and mend' activities.
Dr Muggeridge continued: "It can be hard to find histories of women’s lives in the past, particularly women from working-class or ordinary backgrounds because they tended not to leave ‘public’ records behind in an archive in the same way that more prominent men did.
"So, as historians, we need to use other kinds of records to reconstruct their lives, particularly day-to-day life.
"One way to do so is to look at domestic objects and clothes, which can tell us much about the people who made these objects, as well as how they used them – which we’ll be exploring in the workshop.
“Our focus is really on domestic life in the home. Across this time period, while technologies might change, things like cooking, cleaning and crafting remained a mainstay of women’s lives."
The event is part of the Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities.
Booking is essential as places are limited.
Visit the Tudor House Museum website for further details.
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