CHRONOLOGY OF THE WLM IN BRITAIN

Organisations / Campaigns • Asian Women's Community Workers Group, London • Black Women for Wages for Housework (WFH), London • Demeter Collective • Equal Rights for Disabled Women Campaign, London • Feminists Against Nuclear Energy, London & Bradford • Feminists and Architecture, London • The Feminist Archive is established in Shepton Mallet, to collect and preserve … [Read more...]

Social Context / Legislation • The first baby conceived via in vitro fertilisation (Louise Brown) is born in Britain. • Braine Anti-Abortion Bill. "The bill proposes to fix the upper time limit for abortion at 20 weeks (instead of 28) and to expand the 'conscience clause' so that doctors and nurses don't have to give their reasons for opting out, cut the links between … [Read more...]

Bradford / Leeds • Bradford Groups: Women Against Racism and Fascism, Health Group, University Group Women in Trade Unions. • The Bradford Women's Aid refuge is closed by workers due to bad conditions and a lack of funds and support from Social Services. • Bradford Campaign to Stop the Witch Hunting on Lesbians and Gay Men. "The police have gone to town with mass … [Read more...]

Journals • Anarcha Feminist Newsletter, York  • Breaking Chains (ALRA), London   • Broken Rib: Newsletter of Edinburgh Women's Aid • The Coming Age, Oxford • The Courier, (Journal of the Independent Mother's Movement), London • Feminist History Newsletter, London • m/f London   • PROS Bulletin, Birmingham   • Scottish Women's Liberation Journal, Edinburgh   • WEA … [Read more...]

Organisations / Campaigns • Action for Lesbian Parents, London • Anti Rape Group, Bristol • Anti Rape Group, London • Birmingham Women Artists Group • Crimes Against Irish Women Committee, London • English Collective of Prostitutes (a WFH group), London • Feminists Against Benyon, London • Feminist Education Group, London • Feminist History Group, London • Feminism … [Read more...]