• A book or magazine titled "Women Protest 1981-1991" by Jennyy Matthews lies at an angle on a solid light blue background. The cover is white with a large black-and-white historical photograph of two women behind barbed wire, and a black circular "Cafe Royal Books" logo appears in the top-left corner.
  • A black and white historical photograph print depicting a crowd of women holding protest signs, displayed on a white border against a light blue background.
  • Black and white documentary-style photograph of a protest scene, showing a crowd with raised fists and signs, including one that reads 'Religion Leader' and another 'Abolish'. The photo is presented with a light blue border and a caption at the bottom.
  • A black and white printed booklet featuring a full bleed image of a protest scene with a large sign reading “STOP THE COUNTDOWN TO WAR,” shown at an angle on a light blue background.
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Women Protest 1981 - 1991 by Jenny Matthews

Women Protest 1981 - 1991 by Jenny Matthews

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Most of the decade covered here was under the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, the first woman Prime Minister (1979-1990).

The policies she oversaw — privatisation of state owned enterprises (including British Telecom, water, tv, gas, electricity, British Airways, and British Steel) , the sale of public housing to tenants, and cuts to education and health gave us plenty to protest about and had repercussions on the lives of everyone, added to which were the 1984 Miners Strike and the 1989 Poll Tax bill.

Women played a pivotal role in all these but above all it was the peace and anti nuclear movement which was headed and energised by women, from CND actions and demonstrations to Greenham Common, the war in the Falklands (Malvinas) and the Gulf War. At the same time women were also challenging a sexist culture and inequality in the workplace.

36 pages
printed in England
staple bound
14cm x 20cm

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