Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Erin Pizzey
Standard Name: Pizzey, Erin
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November 1971: Erin Pizzey founded Chiswick Women's Aid...
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November 1971
Erin Pizzey
founded Chiswick Women's Aid
at 2 Belmont Terrace, the first shelter for battered women.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
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1973: Erin Pizzey of the Chiswick women's refuge...
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1973
Erin Pizzey
of the Chiswick women's refuge was the presiding spirit behind the first Women's Aid
(WA) National Conference, held in London.
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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1974: Erin Pizzey published with Penguin her book...
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1974
Erin Pizzey
published with Penguin
her book on marital violence, Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear.
Brownmiller, Susan. In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution. Dial, 1999.
262
1982: Erin Pizzey published Prone to Violence,...
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1982
Erin Pizzey
published Prone to Violence, which proposed the controversial theory that some women return to abusive partners because of an addiction to violence.