The Women's Liberation Movement in Scotland c.1968-1979
This thesis explores the impact of the Women's Liberation Movement (WLM) in Scotland. Using documentary evidence and oral history interviews from twenty-nine participants this study charts the emergence of the movement, offering details on where it emerged, why it did and what campaigns were undertaken. It will complement other studies conducted on the WLM in various other parts of Britain, including London and Leeds. It argues for a more representative historiography in which material from other places outside of the main women's liberation centres are included, demonstrating that women's liberation was relevant to many women the length and breadth of Britain. This study covers the period of the WLM's early formation through to the supposed end of the movement in 1979. It describes what the membership was like, the movement's development through local women's liberation workshops,. newsletters and conferences and it analyses two of the most important single-issue campaigns for the movement in Scotland: abortion and violence against women. These issues were important in attracting new women to the liberation cause, forming alliances with other sympathetic groups and in educating the wider public on some aspects
Browne, Sarah
Women's Liberation Movement ; History theses
The Women's Liberation Movement in Scotland c.1968-1979. This thesis explores the impact of the Women's Liberation Movement (WLM) in Scotland. Using documentary evidence and oral history interviews from twenty-nine participants this study charts the emergence of the movement, offering details on where it emerged, why it did and what campaigns were undertaken. It will complement other studies conducted on the WLM in various other parts of Britain, including London and Leeds. It argues for a more representative historiography in which material from other places outside of the main women's liberation centres are included, demonstrating that women's liberation was relevant to many women the length and breadth of Britain. This study covers the period of the WLM's early formation through to the supposed end of the movement in 1979. It describes what the membership was like, the movement's development through local women's liberation workshops,. newsletters and conferences and it analyses two of the most important single-issue campaigns for the movement in Scotland: abortion and violence against women. These issues were important in attracting new women to the liberation cause, forming alliances with other sympathetic groups and in educating the wider public on some aspects
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