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This exhibition celebrates the contributions Joyce Butler (1910-1992) made towards the improvement of women’s lives as Councillor and MP for Wood Green from 1947 to 1979. A pioneering MP in many respects – most notably she instigated what became the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. Butler was deeply immersed in local politics, universally respected for her expertise in housing and local government, and the first Chairman of the newly formed Haringey Council in 1965. A campaigner for peace, consumer rights, and environmental protection, her political concerns remain vital and urgent today.
Curated in partnership with Dr Lyndsey Jenkins, Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in History, Mansfield College, University of Oxford, this exhibition is part of an AHRC funded heritage project 'The National Woman’s MP: Joyce Butler, women's rights and women's liberation from the 1950s to the 1970s’.
Exhibition runs until June 2026.
Museum is open to public from Wednesday to Sunday, 1pm to 5pm.
Price
Free entry.
Contact
For any queries please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Location
Lordship Lane
London
N17 8NU
United Kingdom
