Women's movement
Subject
Subject Source: Homosaurus
Scope Note: Social and political movement originating in the 1800s for reforms on women’s issues stemming from social, cultural, political, and economic inequality between men and women. Feminist issues include reproductive rights, women’s liberation, and equal pay. This term encompasses the women’s movement in its entirety, including different waves of feminist thought and activism.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Gay Scotland, Issue 67, Mar 1993 - Apr 1993
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/64
Scope and Contents
The cover shows a close up of a pierced nipple and reads: “body piercing”, “fettesgate”, “gays in the military”, and “zero tolerance”.This issue includes articles on: women’s safety; the removal of trees “in a bid to cut down cruising”; homophobic violence; the implications of the Child Support Act for lesbian and gay parents; John Young’s (Tory MP) anger at proposed lesbian and gay festival in Glasgow; Bill Clinton and the ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces; the...
Dates:
Mar 1993 - Apr 1993
Issue Number 114 (Gay Scotland), Mar 1997
Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/1/4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.
Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.
Dates:
Mar 1997
Woman's Power and Pity; a statement of the case against vivisection, 1925
Item
Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/19
Scope and Contents
A statement from the president of the Feminist League (founded 1920), Alice Abadam, about her standpoint against vivisection. Issued by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society.
Dates:
1925