“I think that was the beginning…some of the more feminist groups thinking we need to create … a democratic organisation that is feminist and that doesn’t allow one person to head it up.” (Liz Kelly, Women’s Aid founder member)
Join Feminist Archive North as we celebrate the launch of our new oral history project, which documents the founding of National Women’s Aid through the voices of the women who were there at the beginning. National Women’s Aid founders Elizabeth Woodcraft and Liz Kelly will be speaking and we’ll hear selected recordings that explore the origins of the Women’s Aid movement. It takes place in the gallery which is currently hosting the Animated Activism: Women Empowered exhibition, so it’s going to be a full-on feminist event.
We interviewed 12 women for the project, which was supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The interviews are now on our website: go to the Collections page and scroll down to Digital Oral Histories to find the link.