women

Content about women, gender, feminism and women's struggles.

Lucy Parsons.

Lucy Parsons.

Ting Ling (also spelled Ding Ling)

Thoughts on 8 March (Women’s Day) - Ting Ling

A discussion of Women's Day - written in 1942 in Yenan, China, where the Red Army had settled in cave dwellings at the end of their Long March…

Angie (Anita Dobson) from Eastender

Make Your Own Tea: Women's Realm and Other Recipes and Patterns

Article from issue 73 of Class War looking at the reasons why so few women joined Class War (and…

Women in the Spanish revolution - Liz Wills

Liz Willis writes on the conditions and role of women in and around the Spanish Civil War and revolution of 1936-1939. Originally published by…

Ridge, Lola: anarchist and poet

A brief biography of Lola Ridge, New Zealand anarchist and poet by Mark Derby.

Burnsall strike 1992 - European Counter Network

Report on a 1992 strike at a metal finishing company following a worker suffering miscarriage, after management refused her light duties.

The women are marching - European Counter Network

Report on a demonstration in London on International Day to End Violence Against Women, 1992.

Constructive policy versus destructive war - Marie Louise Berneri

These two excerpts appeared originally in the anarchist paper War Commentary, and have been…

Fanya Baron

Baron, Fanya aka Fanny Grefenson, aka Anisimovna aka Fanny Baron 1887-1921

A short biography of Fanya Baron, an idealistic young anarchist who suffered the brutality of both…

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Roda, Maria 1877-1958

A short biography of Maria Roda, a fierce champion of women's liberation and anarchism, active in Italy, France and the United States.

Juana Rouco Buela

Buela, Juana Rouco 1889-1969

A short biography of Juana Rouco Buela, formidable fighter for women's liberation and anarchism

Look to the future - Sylvia Pankhurst

Sylvia Pankhurst discusses the limitations of the increased suffrage of the Representation of the People Act 1918.

Women members of parliament - Sylvia Pankhurst

Sylvia Pankhurst argues that the election of women to parliament won't overcome the bankruptcy of parliamentary politics.