A student at Liverpool University is conducting oral history interviews for a PhD project about the Merseyside Women's Movement during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. She is looking for people who were involved in women's activism during any of these decades, including but not limited to: feminism, … [Read more...]
This is Our History
HOWL is a new website collecting recollections and stories of the Women's Liberation Movement. You can add any memories you have about local projects, women's centres, groups, or national and international campaigns. Photographs and images are also very welcome. Visit Howl to add your story. … [Read more...]
Remembering Jalna Hanmer
We are looking for photographs of Jalna Hanmer for an event celebrating her life in Leeds on 5th August. If you have any photos, or if you would like to attend the event, please get in touch. … [Read more...]
Jalna Hanmer
It it is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Jalna on 25th May 2023, just before her 92nd birthday. Following a short illness she died peacefully in her sleep at home in Spain with her family. Jalna was a lifelong feminist activist and for many decades was a trustee of Feminist Archive North until her retirement in 2021. … [Read more...]
Defending abortion
This badge was recently donated to FAN by one of our volunteers, who bought it at Fargo Pride in August 2022. Following Roe v Wade being overturned, these badges were being sold to raise funds for the Red River Valley Abortion Centre to move from North Dakota to Moorhead, Minnesota, so that it can carry on providing safe and legal abortions for women who need them. The new … [Read more...]