Woman to Woman (3 Parts)

Synopsis

Conversations about politics and personal change. Women review their experiences and the profound effect of becoming involved in both local and national campaigns.
Part 1: Helen John joined the peace march in 1981 to protest against the planned siting of Cruise missiles in the UK. She found herself driven to continue the protest at the Greenham base, which resulted in enormous upheaval in her personal life.
Part 2: Maria Burgwyn chained herself to the town hall railings on Pontypridd to draw attention to the poor conditions on her council estate. Since then she has gone on to help others with their housing campaigns. In May 1983 she became very close to being elected to the local council.
Part 3: When Jean Barnard arrived in England from Jamaica she was shocked by the unwelcoming climate, the appalling housing conditions and the dirty low-paid jobs which were the only ones on offer. She went on to become a social worker. She came up against racism endemic in society in trying to protect her children from police harassment and in trying to obtain for them educational opportunities.

Series

Making History, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 3 x 30 min.

Year of production

1983

Availability

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Documentation

An illustrated pamphlet ‘Making History, No. 2: Women’ (Television History Centre) contains practical tips and uses a wide range of examples to suggest different approaches to women’s history.

Uses

Students of contemporary history and women’s history.

Subjects

History; Women’s studies

Keywords

feminism; housing; human rights; local authority housing; peace movements; race relations; women

Credits

Producer

Marilyn Wheatcroft

Sections

Title

Helen John: peace campaigner

Synopsis

Part 1: Helen John joined the peace march in 1981 to protest against the planned siting of Cruise missiles in the UK. She found herself driven to continue the protest at the Greenham base, which resulted in enormous upheaval in her personal life.

Title

Maria Burgwyn: tenants’ rights campaigner

Synopsis

Part 2: Maria Burgwyn chained herself to the town hall railings on Pontypridd to draw attention to the poor conditions on her council estate. Since then she has gone on to help others with their housing campaigns. In May 1983 she became very close to bein

Title

Jean Bernard: black parents campaigner

Synopsis

Part 3: When Jean Barnard arrived in England from Jamaica she was shocked by the unwelcoming climate, the appalling housing conditions and the dirty low-paid jobs which were the only ones on offer. She went on to become a social worker. She came up agains

Sponsor

Name

Channel Four Television

Phone

071-396 4444

Address

LONDON
SW1P 2TX

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

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Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

Name

Television History Centre

Phone

020 7405 6627

Fax

020 7242 1426

Address

42 Queen Square
LONDON
WC1N 3AJ