Krista Cowman, Professor of History at Lincoln University and leading academic on women’s history, gave the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art’s Inaugural International Women’s Day lecture on Wednesday 6 March 2013.
Her subject was ‘Margot Asquith and the Role of the Political Hostess’ [external link to youtube video] The lecture gave a fascinating insight into Margot Asquith’s personal politics and how she negotiated her position in political society both before and after marriage to politician and future Prime Minister H H Asquith.
The evening was also an opportunity to view an important portrait of Margot Asquith by Philip de Laszlo, 1910, which has recently entered the Parliamentary Art Collection.
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