International Women's day celebrations 1980s
1986
and the Council’s Women's Unit
"International
Women's Day is an interesting one, this ties in with what I was saying
about why it’s important for people to be politically aware. Gay people
must be aware of where the money comes from, who controls the coffers.
Birmingham City Council Women's Unit International Women's Day celebrations
were always really good. The best one we went to was at the Moseley
Dance Centre where they had top line acts, a disco, Claire Short was
there and Theresa Stuart who was one of the Labour councillors. It was
absolutely super, we had a great time but it never happened again. We
assumed that the funding was withdrawn, the Women’s Unit closed and
perhaps that was the beginning of the end”.
Contributed by: Jean Turley, 72