Socialist Theory, 1970 - 1980
Scope and Contents
Collection of literature under the heading 'Discussion Papers', being notes, cuttings, offprints, conference notes and programmes, discussion papers etc, chiefly on socialist theory and the women's liberation movement. Including:
Programme for Women's Liberation Movement conference at the Polytechnic of Central London 1978;
Notes on the historical roots of the women's movement;
Notes on National Organisation in the Women's Movement, by Helen Gurden and Scarlet Friedman of the Coventry Women's Liberation Group, nd;
Women's Liberation - an introduction, 1976;
An Introduction to Women's Liberation Workshop, 1973;
Cuttings, including 'Your Marriage' (a survey), and 'Are Husbands Good Housewives?' 1972;
Lesbians and Child Custody;
Sexism, Capitalism and the Family - paper by Rosalind Delmar for a conference;
The 'Family' and the 'Household' by Jack Goody 1972;
Discussion Series on the Women's Movement no. 1: 'Engels, Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State', and introduction by Irene Brennan, published by the Polytechnic of Central London [no date];
Up Against the Law - Campaigning for Legal Change - a Case Study of the Equal Pay Act (1970);
Guidelines for Improving the Image of Women in Textbooks 1972;
Women, Health and the Revolution - paper by Carol Smith of the Lancaster Women and Socialism Group;
Discussion Paper for West London Big Flame Women's Group;
Interview with two women strikers from LIP, watch manufacturer in Besancon, France [c. 1971];
Carrying the Future: interview by Elana Dallas and Alastair Hatchett with Sheila Rowbotham about the past and future of the modern women's movement [c. 1980?];
How do you Feel? Feminists, Sexuality and Social Relations, by Jane Hawksley, Wendy Hollway, Frances Rickford, Pamela Trevithick;
Feminism without Illusions: reprint of some Hackney socialist feminists' reply to Lindsay German's article in Socialist Review;
Tyranny of Tyranny, by Cathy Levine, reprinted from Black Rose 1974;
The Libertarian Alternative for Women's Liberation and for Social Revolution;
The Women's Movement and the Growth of Fascism [c. 1980?];
The Women's Movement and the Struggle against Fascism [c. 1980?];
Extract from 'The Spirit and Structures of German Fascism' by Robert A Brady - Chapter 6, Women, the Cradle and the Plough [no date];
London Communist Women's Bulletin March 1978, including Women against Racism and Fascism by Sue Rubin;
Some notes on the problems of socialist feminism, by Margaret Coulson of the Lancaster Women and Socialism Group;
Some ideas on how to spread socialist feminist consciousness and avoid being smothered by International Women's Year [1975] by Hilary Wainwright, Karen Margolis, Anne Foreman and Dodie Weppler of the International Marxist Group;
The Need for a Socialist Leadership [1975];
Why a Women's Movement? Women and the Proletarian Revolution - paper produced by the Union of Women for Liberation to discuss the basic issues faced by the Women's Movement in Britain;
Leninism and Socialist Feminism - Are they Incompatible? by Celia Pugh of the International Marxist Group [c. 1980?];
Papers written for a Day Discussion on Socialism / Feminism on 10 September 1977 entitled Socialism-Feminism - Theory and Practice: papers by Caroline Rowan, Brenda Kirsch, Jane Woddis, and Frankie Rickford, 1977;
The Problems of Relating Radical Feminism and Socialism - or Where are We Going? by the University of East Anglia Women's Liberation Group, June 1977;
Speech by Barbara Ehrenreich given at the National Conference on Socialist Feminism, USA, being a reprint from 'Socialist Revolution';
Flyer for Women's Week at Laurieston Hall, Dumfries and Galloway, 5-12 July 1975;
Notes on a Women's Building Project, or 'The House that Jill Built', at Pickmere Lake in Cheshire [no date];
Notes on Fakenham women's worker-control factory [c. 1974?];
Socialist Feminist Current and Relationship to Left Groups [early 1970s?];
What is Socialist Feminist Practice?: A Discussion for Manchester Women and Socialism Group January 1978;
Manchester & District Women and Socialism Group - Discussion: Socialist-Feminist Theory, no date;
Worker Control of Reproduction, by Sheila & Natasha, no date.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 1980
Creator
- From the Fonds: Cambridge Women's Liberation Group (Organization)
Extent
1 file(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
2008-11-04 09:20:24+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
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