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Radio 4,01 Apr 2019,14 mins
1970: Modern British feminism
The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970sAvailable for over a year
Feminist theorist and writer Sheila Rowbotham explores the legacy of Britain’s first national Women’s Liberation Movement conference, held in Oxford in 1970. "Most important of all," she recalls, "was the collective confidence, energy and strength that came from discovering there were several hundred of us...I floated through the weekend in a state of buoyant happiness." Producer: Neil Koenig
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