Striking Stuff - Jean A. Gittins
Submitted by R Totale on May 1 2020 18:56
A collection of poems that were written by a member of Yorkshire Women Against Pit Closures during the 1984-85 miners' strike and read at fundraising benefits around the coalfield. Taken from the 1 in 12 Publications archive.
‘Women Against Pit Closures’ during the 1984-85 British Miners’ Strike.
Submitted by kelvinc13 on Oct 20 2017 15:10
During the 1984-85 British Miners’ Strike, women’s groups emerged in various forms and for various purposes. Calling themselves ‘Women Against Pit Closures’, these groups across the country organised not only strike-oriented activities, support and community needs provision, but also came to act autonomously on gendered interests. In what follows I outline a brief history of the miners’ strike, the origins of womens’ activities within this strictly gendered strike and the ways in which womens’ roles were transformed through struggle, not only with the Thatcher government and the NCB, but also with men and the NUM.
‘Women Against Pit Closures’ 1984-5
Submitted by kelvinc13 on Oct 20 2017 10:49
A short history of the Women Against Pit Closures Movement during the 1984-85 Miners Strike
