Month: June 2023

• Lin’s testimony (part 2 of 2)

  In the second part of Lin’s testimony she talks about her working class upbringing, her grammar school education and experiences of going to university. She talks about women’s hidden histories, class and the joufulness of solidarity. “We didn’t necessarily think about it much ourselves, we just get on with things. That time was really important.…

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  June 7, 2023

  Audio, Testimonies, Uncategorized

  capitalism, class system, education, injustice, joy, Justice For Women, National Front, Radical Notion, Social Mobility, suffragettes, university, Women's experience, Women's history, Women's rights

• Lin’s testimony (part 1 of 2)

  Lin talks about her involvement with a radical bookshop in Swansea in the 1970s called Revolt which was where she first encountered feminist magazines. She remembers attending Women’s Liberation conferences and talks about sexuality and political lesbianism, women’s health, self publishing and distribution and the importance of support networks. « Helen’s testimony (2 of 2)…

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  June 7, 2023

  Audio, Testimonies, Uncategorized

  1970s, anarchism, Anti Fascism, Conference, equal opportunities, equality for women, Lesbian Feminism, radical bookshop, Red Rag, Shrew, Social justice, socialism, Spare Rib, Swansea, Trouble and Strife, Women’s health