Wakefield Word Fest-Looking Into Letters Workshop
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The historical letters of letters of Eliza, Anne & Helen Edmonstone gives an insight into the three key women in Charles Waterton's life.
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Looking into Letters - Petticoat Patrimony, with The Forgotten Women of Wakefield
Join us for this FREE Workshop to explore these letters through reading and discussion, revealing how different they were, and why that might be.
Anne Mary Waterton's (nee Edmonstone and wife of Charles Waterton) story is voiced here as we look at the wildlife and the countryside at Walton Hall, where she lived, and died.
https://youtu.be/nNuCVnB9cfA
Eliza Edmonstone's, (sister-in-law of Charles Waterton) story is voiced here as we look at the wildlife and the countryside at Walton Hall, where she lived.
https://youtu.be/_CXKAO1dcJ8
Helen Edmonstone (sister-in-law of Charles Waterton) story is voiced here as we look at the wildlife and the countryside at Walton Hall, where she lived.
https://youtu.be/1pCnAs1kv8s
Petticoat Patrimony looks at the significant contributions made by the sisters, Anne, Eliza & Helen Edmonstone, women in Charles Waterton's life. Their stories have hitherto been the victim of historical patrimony and as the women were direct descendants from the royal line of Aawak Indians on Demerara they were also women of colour. The sisters legacy as surrogate mothers to Waterton's son Edmund and custodians of the Waterton estate, have been forgotten. This project seeks to remedy this and is working with a range of BAME researchers and artists to highlight the heritage of the sisters and challenge gender and racial stereotypes linked to women and slavery.
