Power of Women collective (UK)

Content by or about the feminist Power of Women collective, active in the mid-1970s and connected with the Wages for Housework movement.

A huge crowd of women taking part in a general strike in Iceland

When Women Stop - Everything Stops

Report on the women's general strike on October 24th 1974 in Iceland.

Photo of womens' general strike in Iceland Oct 24 1975

Power of Women #5 (1976)

Including: family allowance freeze in Canada, welfare campaigns in US, Black Women for wages for housework launched, women's general strike in…

Photo of a banner saying "wages for housework" held by women at a demonstration

Power of Women #4 (1975)

Including: abortion, short accounts of women's struggles around the world, wages for housework, etc.

Power of Women 3 cover

Power of Women #3 (1975)

Including - self-reduction of prices in Italy, Asian workers on strike, school pupils protest, nurseries, housework, waitressing, "Cowley wives"…

Power of Women 2 cover

Power of Women #2 (1974)

Including: women in Northern Ireland, Family Allowance campaign, wages for housework, wages for school work, nursing, Imperial Typewriters…

Power of Women journal

Online archive of the journal of the London-based Power of Women collective. Published in the mid 1970s.

Power of Women #1 (1974)

Debut issue of the journal of the Power of Women Collective, including articles on women in Northern Ireland, shoplifting, social security,…

Wages For Housework Notebooks #2 (1975)

An anthology of texts by members of the Power of Women Collective (London) compiled by the Wages for Housework Collective (New York).

Wages For Housework Notebooks #1 (1975)

An anthology of texts compiled by Montreal Power of Women Collective.

Women in Struggle #2 cover

Women in Struggle #2 (1973)

Including intersectionality, women in Northern Ireland and Britain, Wages for Housework, the struggle of nurses in England, Claimants Union…