Women's Liberation Movement

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Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Judith Kazantzis
JK joined the women's movement as soon as she read about it, and was active in London during the 1970s as a member of the first Women's Liberation Workshop , the Labour Party , and...

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7 September 1968: Feminist protesters disrupted the Miss America...

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7 September 1968

Feminist protesters disrupted the Miss America contest at Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
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Pollitt, Katha. “Our Soft-Shelled Condition”. London Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2002, pp. 32-3.
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1969: A Revolutionary Festival at the University...

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1969

A Revolutionary Festival at the University of Essex resulted in the setting up all over Britain of Women's Liberation Groups or Workshops; London alone had five.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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1969-79: During this decade 117 towns and cities in...

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1969-79

During this decade 117 towns and cities in Britain had at least one Women's Liberation Movement group; many major centres had several.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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27 February 1970: Women's Liberation member Marilyn Webb founded...

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27 February 1970

Women's Liberation member Marilyn Webb founded the women's newspaper off our backs.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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1971: A Maoist group based in Hertfordshire began...

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1971

A Maoist group based in Hertfordshire began publishing the Women's Liberation Union Newsletter.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1972: Karen Kollias, Liz O'Sullivan, and six other...

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1972

Karen Kollias , Liz O'Sullivan , and six other affiliates of the Washington, DC, Women's Liberation organization founded the DC Rape Crisis Center , which included a phone line providing callers with counselling and medical information.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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1977: Women's Struggle, a bulletin of the Women's...

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1977

Women's Struggle, a bulletin of the Women's National Co-ordinating Committee , ended publication from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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1978: The Feminist Archive was formed to preserve...

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1978

The Feminist Archive was formed to preserve documents of Women's Liberation in Britain; founded at Shepton Mallet in Somerset, it later divided its material between two sites, Bristol and Bradford.
Ross, Elizabeth Arledge, and Miriam L. Bearse. A Chronology of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain. Editors Boyle, Karen E. and The Oral History Project Advisory Group, The Feminist Archive, 1996, http://Bodleian.
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August 1980: The Red Rag, produced by a Marxist collective...

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August 1980

The Red Rag, produced by a Marxist collective of the Women's Liberation Movement in London, ended publication.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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