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The Life of Esmeralda Lock
A talk by Romani academic Dr Ken Lee on the incredible life of Esmeralda Lock.
A Romani woman, a forced marriage, a trophy bride, a seducer, adulteress and divorcee, a re-marriage, a separation, widowhood, an old age of poverty and a lonely death.
Esmeralda Lock (1854 -1939) was a Romani woman, whose life from the age of sixteen was intertwined with Gypsilorists. Accounts of her life appeared in two books, Tent Life with English Gypsies in Norway by Hubert Smith, her first husband (1873) a
A Romani woman, a forced marriage, a trophy bride, a seducer, adulteress and divorcee, a re-marriage, a separation, widowhood, an old age of poverty and a lonely death.
Esmeralda Lock (1854 -1939) was a Romani woman, whose life from the age of sixteen was intertwined with Gypsilorists. Accounts of her life appeared in two books, Tent Life with English Gypsies in Norway by Hubert Smith, her first husband (1873) a
22 May 2018, 1pm - 2pm
Free event, booking required
Free event, booking required
Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JT
Tue 22 May 2018
Website:
library.leeds.ac.uk/galleries
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