Organisations and Campaigns • Action for Lesbian Parents, Cambridge • Baby Foods Action Group, London • Custody of Children, London • Feminist Translation Service, London • Gay Wives and Mothers Campaign, Cambridge • ISIS International • National Abortion Campaign(NAC) (now Abortion Rights) Growing out of the demand for abortion and contraception, the NAC is a single … [Read more...]
CHRONOLOGY OF THE WLM IN BRITAIN
1975 – (1 of 3)
Social Context / Legislation • United Nations International Year of Women. • James White abortion amendment. • Equal Pay Act of 1970 goes into effect. • Sex Discrimination Act passed. The act covers direct and indirect discrimination in the public sphere (e.g. training and education) but areas such as pension and social security rights are not covered. • Employment … [Read more...]
1974 – (3 of 3)
Journals • Country Women Newsletter, Kirk • Dawn Tools, Colchester • Midwives Chronicle (now Royal College of Midwives Journal) • National Lesbian Newsletter, Nottingham • Power of Women Journal (Wages For Housework), London • Sappho, London Bradford / Leeds • Bradford Women's Aid Association formed in April. • Leeds Women's Aid begins in January. • Other Leeds … [Read more...]
1974 – (2 of 3)
Organisations / Campaigns • Artists Workshop, London • Black Women's Group, London • British Pregnancy Advisory Service, London • Campaign for Legal and Financial Independence aka Fifth Demand Group, London • Child Literature, London • East Anglia WWCC, Colchester • Education Collective, London • Family Study Group, London • Feminist Teaching Resources, London • … [Read more...]
1974 – (1 of 3)
Social Context / Legislation • The Select Committee on Violence in Marriage: collects evidence and publishes its reports in 1974 and 1975: "The Committee consulted relevant departments of central government, some local authorities, legal and law enforcement agencies as well as organisations providing services directly to battered women." (Hanmer … [Read more...]