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Suffragette Treasures: Writing My book Dear Girl

Suffragette Treasures: Writing My book Dear Girl

by howl | Jan 27, 2025 | 1980s, 1987, Culture, Discovering/Exploring Historical material, Groups, Relationships, sex, family, Theatre/Writing

by Tierl Thompson In 1987 the Women’s Press published my book Dear Girl: the diaries and letters of two working women 1897-1917.  The following is my description of how the extraordinary material came to light. It was 1981. Or 1982. Or thereabouts. Knowing the exact...
Women in Black: a daughter’s reflection

Women in Black: a daughter’s reflection

by howl-team | Jul 25, 2024 | 1990’s, 2000+, campaigns, Culture, Groups

Judith Suissa The idea for Women in Black emerged in Jerusalem in 1988, in the shadow of the First Intifada. What had started with stone-throwing in the Occupied Territories had escalated and spread and, as usual in the lives of Israelis and Palestinians, fear mingled...

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