Women of the Civil War - Newark Library - Adult Learning

Newark Library, Balderton Gate

Date	6 June - 11 July 2026
Sessions	Saturdays: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	Newark Library, Balderton Gate View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £48

About this course

Women played a significant role in the conflicts known as the British civil wars from fighting and writing, spying and nursing to preaching and pamphleteering. On this course you will find out about the lives of some of these remarkable women, and the contribution they made, showing, as was said at the time, A courage above their sex.

During the course, we will explore:

- Background information about the civil wars, including the causes and the outcomes.

- A themed look at some of the roles women played including well known characters such as Queen Henrietta Maria and Lucy Hutchinson to lesser-known characters like Jane Whorwood and Katherine Chidley.

- An examination and assessment of the sources where we obtain our information.

- Examination of the lives of women, in general, at this time including marriage, childbirth, duties and responsibilities, allegations of witchcraft.

- Differences between the classes

What you will need to bring to the course:

Paper and pen

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014