Perspectives from Feminist Archive North and Beyond The UK’s Electrical Association for Women (EAW) was launched 100 years ago, on 12 November 1924. For more than six decades the EAW promoted women’s professional expertise in electrifying the home, and launched qualification schemes that enabled thousands of women to hold technical careers. Yorkshire was a major locus of … [Read more...]
Textiles and Banners collection
Our Textiles and Banners collection is one of our most used by researchers. We have recently reorganised it to make items easier to find and to see, and improved the cataloguing. The collection mainly consists of t-shirts and banners, but also includes other items such as tea towels, scarves, tote bags and placards. More items are being added regularly. You can see the … [Read more...]
Feminist Audio Books revival
Feminist Audio Books (FAB) was set up in the 1980s to produce feminist, lesbian and woman-focused material in audio, and to act as a postal audio library for women who could not use print. FAB has been in abeyance for a number of years, and is currently in a spare bedroom. This is a waste of excellent resources which are still important today. FAB has over 250 brilliant and … [Read more...]
Helen John Collection
It has taken us over two years to sort, conserve and catalogue this wonderful collection about the peace activist Helen John. In 2009 Helen donated to FAN some materials on women's peace camps, as well as some prison correspondence. After her death in 2017 her family gave a further large donation of a range … [Read more...]
New acquisition: Zoe Fairbairns books
Apart from a small collection of key feminist texts, our archive doesn't normally hold books. However, when feminist writer Zoe Fairbairns offered us a selection of her publications, we couldn't say no. Zoe Fairbairns joined the Women's Liberation Movement in 1970 and has remained involved ever since. Her writing (both fiction and non fiction) has been a key part of her … [Read more...]