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Contents
Introduction
1965-1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
  |—Conferences
  |—Organisations
  |—Journals
  |—Bradford/Leeds
Appendices
References
Web Citations
Credits
1979

Organisations / Campaigns

Agricapital Women's Group, Sheffield
Campaign for the Abolition of Prostitution Laws (a WFH group), London
Campaign Against Depo Provera, London
Defend Nasira Begum from Deportation Rally, Manchester
Feminist Social Work Support Group, London
Friends of Nasira Begum - Manchester created to defend Nasira Begum against forced deportation under racist and anti woman immigration laws
Friends of Said Bibi - Rochdale created to defend a woman facing deportation to Pakistan
Housewives in Dialogue (a WFH group), London
International day of action against forced sterilisation and for abortion and contraception (International Campaign for Abortion Rights), London
Maureen Colquhoun Action Committee, London
Women Against Media Myths, (WAMM) Bristol
Picket of Marylebone Magistrates Court during the trial of the 'Soho Sixteen', sixteen women who had been arrested during the London Reclaim the Night march.
Protests against the Corrie Bill at the House of Commons leads to a 'women's riot' outside the House of Commons and a few of the protesters are held briefly by the police.
Re-covering of Susie Orbach's Fat is a Feminist Issue in bookstores after the publishing company issued a cover that suggested it was pro-diet!
Patriarchy Study Group, London/Leeds/various places
Scottish Women's Defence Fund, Edinburgh
Week of Action Against Violence Against Women (Women's Aid, WAR), Birmingham, Leeds FAN has further information in the WAVAW collection


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