Yvette Cooper – Ilkley Literature Festival

This event was postponed due to Ms. Cooper’s general election campaign commitments. We have now secured a new date with Yvette Cooper’s office. The event will now take place on Thursday 12 March 2020 at 7:30pm at The Grammar School at Leeds.

Tickets purchased for the original date will still be valid. If you are unable to attend the rescheduled date, please call the Box Office on 01943 816714 to request a refund.

Looking at the greatest speeches of all time, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Elizabeth I and Boudica were about the only women to have dipped a toe into the pool of public oratory. But the truth is very different – countless brave and bold women have used their voices to inspire change, transform lives and radically alter history.

In this timely and personal anthology, Yvette Cooper MP tells the story of 30 inspirational speeches given by women, from Boudica to Margaret Thatcher and from Malala Yousafzai to gun-control activist Emma Gonzalez. This is not only a much-needed celebration of women’s speeches throughout history, but also proof that powerful and persuasive oratory can be decidedly female.