PREVIOUSLY untold stories of women in mining communities across Durham and Northumberland in the 1800s will be brought to the surface in a new exhibition.
Breaking Ground– Women of the Northern Coalfields will launch at the Mining Art Gallery, in Bishop Auckland, next Saturday and run until March, 2019.
It will feature artworks, archive images and personal histories.
Curator Angela Thomas said: “With 2018 marking 100 years since some women in the UK were granted the right to vote, this is the perfect time to shine a light on the significant but often overlooked role of women in the northern coalfields.
"Their strength and fortitude was constantly put to the test, whether they were fighting to keep their jobs or determinedly keeping the home fires burning.”
For details visit aucklandproject.org/events
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