Scarlet Women

Date:

06/1980

REF:

NIPC/PER/BOX1(76)

Scope and Content:

Magazine, titled, Scarlet Women 11, a newsletter of the socialist feminist current of the women's liberation movement, June 1980. Co-ordinated by the Belfast Women's Collective. Published by Scarlett Women Collective: North Shields, Tyne & Wear. Contents include: Lessons from the past; Letter from Armagh Jail; Article from Belfast Women's Collective; "A Socialist Feminist View," from Eleanor and Carmel; A "Response to Eleanor and Carmel," from Maire and Roisin; "Away with Second Hand analysis," by Pat Allen, Lesbian Group; Press Statement on Armagh Prison, by Derry Women's Aid; "No to State Power in any form," by Anarchist Women; "Where we Live," by Marilyn and Isobel; "Abortion," by Marie Therese; Belfast Women's Aid; Craigavon Women's Group; "The Question of Women's Rights"; "Feminism and the Armed State"; "Notes on Feminism and Northern Ireland"; "Everyday life: two women speak"; also discusses a Socialist Feminist Conference 1980 on the theme of "Women's Oppression and Imperialism."