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Off the Shelf Festival: Ethel - Helen Mort

Thu 17 October 2024 , 12:30pm-1:30pm

Millennium Gallery

Pioneer, activist, environmentalist, poet.  Ethel Haythornthwaite is virtually unknown, even in her hometown of Sheffield – the UK’s outdoor city. 

Yet her tireless campaigning led to the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and the creation of the Peak District National Park, protecting a wild and varied landscape so many have fallen in love with. In this illustrated talk, award winning author Helen Mort explores the life of this countryside revolutionary.  

  

'Sensational.  An extraordinary biography of a truly extraordinary woman.' – Maxine Peake 

 

This event is part of Off the Shelf: Festival of Words from the University of Sheffield. The full festival programme is available here: https://offtheshelf.org.uk/events/ 

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