Yr ymgyrch yn parhau! (The struggle continues!) : an exploration of the narratives from Wales, emerging from the Greenham Common women's peace camps, 1981-2000
In 1981, a group of women from Wales formed a protest march against the positioning of 96 nuclear weapons at an RAF base at Greenham Common. This protest subsequently developed into several women-only protest camps situated around the perimeter fence of the base, and as time progressed became increasingly referred to as a feminist campaign. Despite the attempts of the authorities, some of these camps persisted for a considerable time with the final camp being brought to an end by the camp residents in 2000, nineteen years after the arrival of the first women. The purpose of this research project is to contribute to the analysis of this significant event in the history of womenâs political movements in Britain, by focusing upon the subjective stories told and political analyses given of the campaign by participants over time. As a consequence, the project will involve the collation and analysis of new oral histories in conjunction with a critical examination of the existing published accounts, written and oral, and archival material. In recognition that that there was a notable contribution to the campaign by participants from Wales the emphasis is placed upon the region in order to examine the complexities
Titcombe, Elaine E.
Greenham Common
Yr ymgyrch yn parhau! (The struggle continues!) : an exploration of the narratives from Wales, emerging from the Greenham Common women's peace camps, 1981-2000. In 1981, a group of women from Wales formed a protest march against the positioning of 96 nuclear weapons at an RAF base at Greenham Common. This protest subsequently developed into several women-only protest camps situated around the perimeter fence of the base, and as time progressed became increasingly referred to as a feminist campaign. Despite the attempts of the authorities, some of these camps persisted for a considerable time with the final camp being brought to an end by the camp residents in 2000, nineteen years after the arrival of the first women. The purpose of this research project is to contribute to the analysis of this significant event in the history of womenâs political movements in Britain, by focusing upon the subjective stories told and political analyses given of the campaign by participants over time. As a consequence, the project will involve the collation and analysis of new oral histories in conjunction with a critical examination of the existing published accounts, written and oral, and archival material. In recognition that that there was a notable contribution to the campaign by participants from Wales the emphasis is placed upon the region in order to examine the complexities
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