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International Womens Day In Suffolk

Friday, 8 March 2024 06:00

International Women's Day is being celebtrated in Suffolk.

International Women's Day is being celebtrated in Suffolk.

In Lowestoft a day of events will take place at the Gunton Estate Community Hall on Hollingsworth Road.

The "Women's Forum" is a free event which will run from 9am-4pm and include performances, speakers, stalls and information stands including Multily Suffolk, Waveney Domestic Forum and Suffolk Stitchers.

More details are o the events pages of our app and website. Meanwhile, in Beccles the day is being marked with the unvieling of a memorial plaque for Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkins at the town's library.

Dorothy was a a Nobel Prize winner for her ground-breaking work in biology, including the discovery of the structure of Penicillin.

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