by howl | Jul 16, 2026 | 1970s, 1971, campaigns, Conference, First memories of getting involved, Publishing, Women at work
By Irena Fick I first became involved in the women’s liberation movement (WLM) in 1969. I remember my first meeting, it was in Karen Slaney’s flat in Dartmouth Park Hill, North London. There were about ten women in the group then. There was a Canadian filmmaker,...
by howl | Jun 3, 2025 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980s, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, Culture, Publishing
by Amanda Sebestyen One of the amazing things about nearing 80 is that suddenly younger people want to know what you did in the past. We’ve become history! Not just to be written about by other people, but to tell it how we experienced it. Last year Tate Britain...
by howl-team | Dec 10, 2024 | 1971, Groups, Laws, Relationships, sex, family, Womem at work
By Frankie Green Enthusiasm combined with critical thinking – what more could we ask of ourselves? – Rosa Luxemburg In 1971, I became involved in Women’s Liberation and London’s Gay Liberation Front. Islington was significant in our lives: GLF’s office, Peace...
by howl-team | Jan 26, 2024 | 1971, First memories of getting involved, Groups, Publishing, Stories, Women at work
Daphne Davies The Hammersmith and Fulham group, Little Newport Street office and the 1971 Women’s Day march I came to London in October 1970 to take a Social Administration course at the London School of Economics This marked my entry into the Women’s Liberation...
by howl-team | Jul 16, 2023 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1972, 1973, 1974, campaigns, Groups
Jill Nicholls I arrived at the University of Cambridge age 19, having had a gap year, which was unusual in those days – it was because I’d been to a state school, so, unlike public school kids, I had to do my Oxbridge entrance exams in a ‘third year...
