| AdminHistory | The Sheffield Women's Liberation Movement (WLM) was a branch of a loose network of women's groups that criticised male dominated society and condemned sexism. It appears to have been established in the late 1960s. In 1971, the first National Women's Liberation Conference was held at Ruskin College, Oxford. In 1972 the Women's National Co-ordinating Committee outlined four basic demands for equality:
Equal pay
Equal education and job opportunities
Free contraception and abortion on demand
Free 24-hour nurseries
Nationally the WLM took direct action and pressure group lobbying to achieve its aims. It campaigned on issues such as equal pay, violence against women, rape, pornography and 'cultural sexist attitudes'.
There appear to have been three WLM groups in Sheffield which met at Raven Road, Broomhill and Heeley, as well as groups based in the University and the Polytechnic.
A holiday centre was made available to women who wished to take a holiday with like-minded women. It was situated in Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Settle, North Yorkshire.
There was a Women's Centre based at 523 Langsett Road, Sheffield, as well as a refuge at Burngreave Road. |