The world has not always been kind to women with disabilities. Their voices have been spoken over, their experiences manipulated to fit a narrative that is not their own, and sometimes even erased completely.

(Re)Acting Romanticism: Disability and Women Writers, a new community exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere, was developed following a series of online workshops with women with disabilities who responded to writing by Dorothy Wordsworth, Mary Robinson, Frances Burney, and Susanna Blamire.

This event is led by Harriet McKinley-Smith, the project curator, with guests including workshop participants Nora Baker, Bridget Sinclair, Clara Baudet, Siobhan Fennell, and exhibition artist Rachael Sparkes. This event will showcase the four Romantic women writers, including a look at their manuscripts, as well as the process of creating the exhibition.

Free tickets can be accessed here.