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The Changing Lives project, a partnership between The Women’s Library and the East London Schools Consortium, received an Archives Landmark Award from London Metropolitan Archives and the City of London.
58 pupils from six secondary schools took part, researching women’s history topics including suffrage campaigns, the lives of female role models and the history of their schools. They presented their findings at the end of the project to an audience of 250 people.
The students set out to find out what extraordinary things women have done over the 20th century, and how women’s lives in London have changed from one generation to another.
Four groups chose to research the history of their own schools - Central Foundation Girls’ School, Channing School, The Skinners’ Company’s School for Girls and City of London School for Girls. Old Girls were interviewed and school archives searched, digging up fascinating photographs and revealing how girls were taught in the 20th century.
Mulberry School chose to study the career of a contemporary local female politician, Oona King, while Highbury Fields School researched the life of two suffrage campaigners, including Emily Wilding Davison. The finished results include a book, a statistical project, oral interviews and two films, presented at an event in March 2006 to celebrate the hard work of the students and teachers involved.
The Archives Landmark Awards panel praised the quality of the work produced and commented on the importance of helping young women engage with their history.
Changing Lives was supported by the East London Schools Consortium, London Metropolitan University, and Sir John Cass’s Foundation.
More information
- Past learning projects home page
External links (opens in new window)
- Sir John Cass’s Foundation
- Archives Landmark Awards
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