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Appendix II LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT

Posted on 11/03/2016

NB: Some organisations whose names were all in capital letters do not appear to have been abbreviations. In the interests of clarity, however, these organisations appear in this list with the purpose or longer name of the organisation in parenthesis.

AFFIRM Alliance For Fair Images and Representation in the Media
ALRA Abortion Law Reform Association
ASA American Sociological Association
AWARE Action for Women’s Advice, Research and Education
BSA British Sociological Association
BUSWAG Bradford Union of Students Women’s Action Group
CHE Campaign for Homosexual Equality
CLAN Committee for Lesbian Action Now
CP Communist Party
DHSS Department of Health and Social Security
FAST Feminists Against Sexual Terrorism
GLF Gay Liberation Front
IMG International Marxist Group
IS International Socialists (later the SWP)
ISIS (An International Women’s Newsletter/Bulletin/Collective)
LAAG London Abortion Action Group (becomes WACC)
MAMA (Women Artists Together)
NAC National Abortion Campaign
NALGO National And Local Government Officers Association
NCCL National Council of Civil Liberties
NOOL National Organisation Of Lesbians
NOW National Organisation for Women
NF the National Front
NWAF National Women’s Aid Federation (becomes WAF(E), Scottish Women’s Aid and Welsh Women’s Aid)
OHP Oral History Project (of The Feminist Archive North)
PROS Programme for the Reform Of Soliciting laws
POW Power of Women (also known as WFH)
ROW Rights of Women
SEQUEL (A contact service for isolated lesbians)
SPUC Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child
SWAT So What’s Alternative Theatre?
SWP Socialist Workers Party
UWL Union of Women for Liberation
WA Women’s Aid
WAF(E) Women’s Aid Federation (England)
WAMM Women Against Media Myths
WAR Women Against Rape
YBA Why Be A Wife? Campaign
WEA Worker’s Educational Association
WERC (Campaign against discrimination in education)
WFH Wages For Housework
WIN Women’s International Network
WINS Women’s Information and Newsletter Service
WL Women’s Liberation
WLM Women’s Liberation Movement (Britain)
WLW Women’s Liberation Workshop
WNCC Women’s National Co-ordinating Committee
WRRC Women’s Research and Resources Centre
WWC(C) Working Women’s Charter (Campaign)

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Chronology help

  • Introduction
  • Contents
  • Origin
  • Organisation
  • Appendix I – Demands
  • Appendix II – Abbreviations
  • Appendix III – Women’s Groups
  • References
  • Web Cites
  • Credits

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