Private Inquiries: The Secret History of Female Sleuths
Wednesday 2 October
Castle Hill Baptist Church
4.30pm
The female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years – Victorian lady-sleuths, busybody spinsters, gun-toting PIs. But what about the real-life women behind these fictional tales?
Caitlin Davies traces the history of the UK’s female investigators, uncovering the truth about their lives and careers, from the 1850s to the present day: from Victorian private inquiry agent Antonia Moser, the first woman to open her own agency, to Liverpool sleuth Zena Scott-Archer, the first woman president of the World Association of Detectives.
Caitlin followed in the footsteps of her subjects, undertaking a professional qualification to become a Private Investigator herself. Female investigators are on the rise in the UK – nearly a third of new trainees are women. After a century of undercover work, it’s time to reveal the secrets of their trailblazing forebears.
Tickets £12.00
includes refreshments
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Warwick University Talks
| Tom Simpson | Warwick University Talk: Horizons: Maps that Made Climate Change  |
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| Dave Steele | The Political Prisoners of Warwick Gaol | Saturday 12 October |
| Sharon Forman and Beat Kümin | Parish Records Workshop | Saturday 12 October |
| Stuart Middleton | A New History of the Welfare State: Welfare as Independence | Saturday 12 October |
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