Originally published in 1977, this lively collection of papers by women involved in community work and community action explores some of the links between the women-s movements and community action at the time, in terms both of the recent developments in women-s thinking and of their practical experience of involvement in community organizations and groups.
The book opens with a theoretical chapter on women-s rights, discussing reasons for the particular involvement of women in a range of community issues such as the housing struggle and the role of women in campaigns for nursery and other pre-school provision, and relates these factors to the women-s movement in general. The contributors go on to consider the organization of women who enable other women to go to work, including a case study of experience of Battered Wives- Centres, a study of Women-s Aid Centres, a discussion of the Working Women-s Charter and the National Abortion Campaign, chapters by members of grou
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