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Wed
09
Dec
2026
19
30
Wed
09
Dec
2026
21
00
Surplus Women: The life and times of single women in the 1920s and 1930s.

Speaker - Karen Cade
"Britain's problem with two million
superfluous women".
Headline Daily Mail 1921 Lord Northcliffe
Who were these ‘surplus women’ and
why were they a problem? This talk
explains the background to this
extraordinary quote and gives a
glimpse into the life of a single
woman between the two World Wars.