by howl | Jan 9, 2026 | 1978, 1979, 1980s, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, First memories of getting involved, Groups
Michele Grant I arrived at Essex University straight from my comprehensive school in Liverpool. I had no money as I was expecting to pick up a cheque with my full grant which was to cover all my needs. How lucky we were in those days, except that the cheque didn’t...
by howl | Jan 9, 2026 | 1978, 1979, 1980s, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, campaigns, Culture, First memories of getting involved, Women at work
Lynne Friedli 1978 – 1981 – history/literature undergraduate 1981 – 1988 – ph.d student Cross dressing, hermaphrodites and feminist debates in 18th century France and England I was working on reception in a hotel in Dedham when I first came...
by howl | Jan 7, 2026 | 1982, campaigns
by Carole Martin January 2026 Were you at Greenham in December ‘82? One of those women in the endless queue to make nine miles of hug around the base? Thirty thousand women, holding hands and singing forty years ago. The touch of cold hands clasped, a rosy face, ice...
by howl | Nov 18, 2025 | 1982, Culture, Groups, Publishing, Relationships, sex, family
By Jeanette Copperman The first feminist book I remember reading was Simone De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex when I think I was 13 or 14. I grew up in a strictly orthodox Jewish household and Shabbat (Saturday) was a day when you couldn’t write or shop or watch tv or...
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 | Apr 10, 2024 | 1980s, 1981, 1982, campaigns, Groups
Andrea Kim Valdez During the late 1970s and early 1980s, when I was living in Holloway and working part-time at The London Hospital, I was a member of a local Women’s Group as well as The London Hospital Women’s Group. Coach trips to Greenham Common were organised by...
