40 years after Ruskin: Feminist Fightback event on Sunday 2nd of May
The gathering of hundreds of women in 1970 at Ruskin College, Oxford, is commonly regarded as the launch the Second Wave of feminism in Britain. It was at this free conference that women came together to share experiences, discuss and debate, and identify the four basic demands of the Women’s Liberation Movement: Equal pay, equal education and job opportunities, free contraception and abortion on demand, and free 24hr nurseries.
Well, it’s 40 years on… and it’s time to take stock. To mark the anniversary, Feminist Fightback are putting on an afternoon of film showings and discussions on Sunday 2nd May. Aptly titled And the Struggle Continues: Women’s Liberation 40 Years On, it will be an opportunity to ‘think about how far we have come, what feminism looks like today, how the struggle continues, and put the battles women fight today in the context of the history of the Women’s Liberation Movement’ – as well as a chance to watch acclaimed documentary A Woman’s Place and excerpts from the BBC’s Women series.
The event will run from 2pm-6pm at the Marchmont Community Centre, 62 Marchmont St, London WC1N 1AB (Tubes: Russell Square, Kings Cross, Euston, Euston Square. Rail: Kings Cross, St Pancras, Euston). The event is open to all genders, fully accessible and a creche will be provided (please email feminist.fightback@gmail.com if you will be bringing your child or children). £3 suggested donation waged or £1 low/unwaged.
An evening of music, dancing, drinks and BBQing will then be held from 7 – 11pm at the Freedom Bookshop in Whitechapel.
Image from The Women’s Library.
By: Sarah Barnes, 01.05.2010 | Comments (2)Tagged: Feminist Fightback, Ruskin
