Lunchtime Talk: ‘Over the Hills to Glory: The story of the Ascott Martyrs’
Museum of Oxford Town Hall, St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United KingdomDiscover an important moment in the history of protest and trade unionism in Oxfordshire, with a group of determined women at its heart. ‘Over the Hills to Glory: The story of the Ascott Martyrs’ In 1873, 16 women from the Oxfordshire village of Ascott-under-Wychwood – two with their babies – were imprisoned for supporting agricultural labourers who were striking in an attempt […]