Royal Holloway's Black and Global Majority Staff Network invited local schools and students to take part in a virtual conversation with I. Stephanie Boyce. In March 2021 Stephanie made history by becoming the 177th president of the Law Society, the sixth female and the first black (and first person of colour) to take the role. Watch the video as we celebrate Stephanie’s achievements and hear her advice for future generations making their own history.

The Life of Sarah Parker Remond - Celebrating Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month by discovering the extraordinary story of Sarah Parker Remond: Traveller, abolitionist, lecturer, nurse, doctor, and more

Sarah Parker Remond (1826-1894) left the free black community of Salem, Massachusetts, where she was born, to become one of the first women to travel on extensive lecture tours across the United Kingdom. She studied at what are now known as Royal Holloway University of London and University College London. She joined in the suffrage movement, fighting for women's right to vote. Remond eventually moved to Florence, Italy, where she earned a degree at one of Europe's most prestigious medical schools. Her language skills enabled her to join elite salons in Florence and Rome, where she entertained high society with musical soirees even while maintaining connections to European emancipation movements.

Professor Sirpa Salenius, author of 'An Abolitionist Abroad, Sarah Parker Remond in Cosmopolitan Europe', will outline her story and the international range of her impact and achievements, namely in becoming one of the first women doctors in Italy.

Royal Holloway events and resources

National events

Below you'll find a list of BHM events hosted across the country in October and beyond.