International Women's Day
To mark International Women’s Day, we’re offering a range of events celebrating the vital contributions of women to society, culture and everyday life.
Throughout our history, City Lit has played a significant role in educating women in Londoners. Empowerment through education, regardless of gender, has been at the centre of our activities throughout this time. Throughout our broad programmes, our tutors take every opportunity to promote and celebrate the achievements of women across arts, culture, and social history.
8 March 2025
International Women's Day
Throughout our history, City Lit has played a significant role in educating women in Londoners. Empowerment through education, regardless of gender, has been at the centre of our activities throughout this time.
Throughout our broad programmes, our tutors take every opportunity to promote and celebrate the achievements of women across arts, culture, and social history.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we have a range of courses, talks and lectures happening exploring and celebrating the significant contributions made by women to life, society, and culture…
What's happening at City Lit
Artist Talk: The State of Her
How to write strong women characters
Celebrate strong women for International Women's Day with this inclusive one-off session with Sophie McKenzie on how to create your own, powerful fictional women.
Date: Sunday 9th March
Time: 10:30-16:30
Location: Online
Four outstanding women philosophers of the 20th century
This one-day course is an introduction to four outstanding women philosophers of the 20th century and some of their most important works: Mary Midgley (1919-2018), Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001), Philippa Foot (1920-2010), and Iris Murdoch (1919-1999).
Date: Saturday 8th March
Time: 10:30-16:30
Location: City Lit
Pioneering women at the National Portrait Gallery
Meet some of history's most inspiring women, not only well-known pioneers but also women over the past five hundred years whose stories have been forgotten. Come and explore the lives of pioneers including artists Mary Beale and Dame Laura Knight, writers Mary Wollstonecraft a nd Mary Shelley and women in the world of science and medicine like Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. This is a great opportunity to explore the collection at the National Portrait Gallery.
Date: Monday 28th April
Time: 10:30-13:30
Location: The National Portrait Gallery
Women writing and walking: Virginia Woolf, Nan Shepherd, Rebecca Solnit, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
This in-person literature course with Sophie Oxenham considers the relationship between walking and writing in four innovative works of literary non-fiction: Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘Street Haunting’ (1927), Nan Shepherd’s ‘The Living Mountain’ (written c. 1945, first pub. 1977), Rebecca Solnit’s ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’ (2006), and Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s ‘The Grassling’ (2019).
Date: Thursday 15th May - Thursday 3 July
Time: 10:30-12:30
Location: City Lit
International Women's Day Courses
To celebrate International Women’s Day, not only on Saturday 8th March, but all through the coming months we have a range of courses happening exploring and celebrating the significant contributions made by women to life, society, and culture…
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