The latest blog from the Women's Aid Federation England (WAFE) archive project highlights the newsletter series, which is a really rich source for researchers. It shows how Women’s Aid has developed and grown throughout the decades and links in the changing context of the time. It can be seen here … [Read more...]
FROM THE FAN ARCHIVE
Between 1975 and 1980 serial killer Peter Sutcliffe murdered 13 women across Yorkshire and the North-West. Angered by the police advice that women should walk home with a man, feminists in Leeds flyposted this poster, together with another one saying Curfew on Men - the Ripper is a Coward. This poster is part of the Sandra McNeill Collection which we are currently cataloguing. … [Read more...]
FROM THE FAN ARCHIVE
We are currently cataloguing the archive of veteran peace campaigner Helen John and found this front page from 2006. Helen was arrested with Sylvia Boyes under little-noticed new legislation which treated protesters who breached any of 10 British military bases as potential terrorists. Her archive also includes a piece of the Greenham Common fence. … [Read more...]
Feminist Book Fortnight is coming!
All around the country lots of independent bookshops will be putting on displays of feminist books. There will also be events – details of these can be found at Feminist Book Fortnight One event is called The Tide Comes In: Feminist Magazines, Past and Present. It takes place at Nottingham's Five Leaves Bookshop and features Dr Laurel Forster and Dr Joanne Hollows in … [Read more...]
Archivist wanted for Leeds Animation Workshop project
Special Collections at Leeds University has recently been awarded funding from the Wellcome Institute to catalogue the Leeds Animation Workshop (LAW) Archive. LAW is a women's collective set up in 1978 to produce and distribute animated films on social issues. The LAW archive is thought to be the most complete record of a collective animation organisation in existence. It … [Read more...]