{"id":817,"date":"2016-04-01T14:09:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T14:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wigan\/?p=817"},"modified":"2016-04-01T14:09:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T14:09:59","slug":"international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wigan\/2016\/04\/01\/international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 8th 2016 International Women&#8217;s Day various events were held at Wigan Town Hall. In the morning SI Wigan and SI Leigh members were invited to attend a celebration of women&#8217;s achievements. A plaque was unveiled to Martha Hogg, in 1920 she was the first woman Councillor of Wigan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-818\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/dorothy-and-Carol.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-818 size-medium\" src=\"\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/dorothy-and-Carol-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"SI Wigan members Dorothy Gladwin &amp; Carol Watson\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/dorothy-and-Carol-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/dorothy-and-Carol.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SI Wigan members Dorothy Gladwin &amp; Carol Watson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/martha-Hogg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-819 size-medium\" src=\"\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/martha-Hogg-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"martha Hogg\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/martha-Hogg-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/martha-Hogg.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/international-womens-day-pm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-820\" src=\"\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/international-womens-day-pm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"international womens day pm\" width=\"331\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/international-womens-day-pm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/wigan\/files\/2016\/03\/international-womens-day-pm.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SI Wigan members and other notable women at Afternoon Tea with the Mayor Sue Loudon on International Women&#8217;s Day 2016<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 8th 2016 International Women&#8217;s Day various events were held at Wigan Town Hall&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>International Women&#039;s Day | News | Blog | Events | SI Wigan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Wigan : Blog &amp; News : International Women&#039;s Day : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Wigan . 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