by Caroline | Apr 21, 2022 | Previous Events
‘Powerful’, ‘piercing’, ‘disturbing’, ‘compelling’ and ‘demanding’ — just some of the testimonies about Professor David Olosuga’s key note speech that launched the Mary Ann McCracken Foundation last night on...
by Caroline | Apr 20, 2022 | Previous Events
On Thursday 18 November, the Mary Ann McCracken Foundation hosted its inaugural annual lecture, focusing on the challenges facing Afghan women. Dr Sima and Sara Many of us have watched in horror as events in Afghanistan have unfolded. Hundreds of thousands of people...
by Caroline | Apr 20, 2022 | Previous Events
A Tale of Two Women centred around the lives of both Mary Ann and Baroness May Blood – ‘a current day Mary Ann’. Those attending the free online event heard how the Baroness also committed her life to fighting for the needs and rights of the people of Belfast and...
by Caroline | Apr 20, 2022 | Mary Ann McCracken, News
On 26th July 1866 the people of Belfast learnt of the death of Mary Ann McCracken. She had lived through some of the most turbulent years of Irish history including the 1798 rebellion, the Great Famine and the Industrial Revolution. Passing away aged 96, Mary Ann...
by Caroline | Apr 20, 2022 | Event, Mary Ann McCracken, News
On Thursday 18th November, the Mary Ann McCracken Foundation hosted its inaugural annual lecture, focusing on the challenges facing Afghan women. Many of us have watched in horror as events in Afghanistan have unfolded. Hundreds of thousands of people have been...
