Organisations / Campaigns • British Federation of University Women, London (Now British Federation of Women Graduates) • Family Allowance Campaign, London • Feminist Press Collective, London • Gay Women's Liberation (WLW), London • National Campaign for Nursery Education • National Women's Citizen's Association, London • National Organisation for Women (NOW), London • … [Read more...]
CHRONOLOGY OF THE WLM IN BRITAIN
1973 (1 of 2)
Conferences National ~ National Women's Liberation Movement Conference, Bristol "At the Bristol conference I stood up in the plenary and said 'Are there any fiction writers here because what we should do is publish our own fiction.' So a few people came forward and we formed a little workshop and then I took it upon myself to collect the stories and stuff and we published … [Read more...]
1972
Conferences National ~ National Women's Liberation Movement Conference, Manchester (1) ~ National Women's Liberation Movement Conference, London (2) Domestic labour debates arise, surrounding the 'problem' of fitting housework into a concept of work and the need to liberate women from -- or as some see it to give just pay for -- work done both inside and outside the home. … [Read more...]
1971
Social Context / Legislation • First gay/lesbian Pride march in London. • Immigration Act 1971: makes it harder for immigrant women to keep their children in the UK, or to send for them once settled. (Full Act as PDF). Conferences National ~ NATIONAL WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT CONFERENCE, Skegness. The first four demands of the WLM are passed (See Appendix 1 for full … [Read more...]
1970
Social Context / Legislation • EQUAL PAY ACT is passed, specifying equal pay for equal work. Employers have five years to comply with the new legislation which does not go into effect until 1975. • INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BILL Conferences National ~ NATIONAL WOMEN'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT CONFERENCE, February 27th - March 1st Oxford. Three hundred people are expected, six … [Read more...]