Erin Pizzey attacks Hounslow Council

Title

Erin Pizzey attacks Hounslow Council

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Jan 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:01:58

Description

Women’s rights campaigner Erin Pizzey talks about her feelings towards Hounslow Council. She says its making her and the women whom she has helped homeless is a political act. She condemns Hounslow and other councils for their indifference to the plight of abused women and children and says that if they take her to jail, they will have to take everyone there, as well as newspaper publisher David Astor, who has given her his support. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Erin Pizzey

Keywords

London; Legal procedure; Local authorities; Housing; Women; Hackney; Erin Pizzey; Domestic violence; Homeless; Housing needs; Accommodation; Haringey; Hounslow Borough Council; Chiswick Women’s Aid; David Astor

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