I was really inspired by Greta Thunberg the Swedish activist and I was wondering why… you know why isn’t this happening in the UK? And then… kind of that converged with me, I was on Facebook… and social media has…
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Ann Trevenen Jenkin
Mmm – yes, I’m founding member of – em – Mebyon Kernow, but I’m also – I was the first woman Grand Bard of Cornwall [tut] so that – that was quite a – er – flag for freedom [laughs]…
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Moira Macdonald
Recorded on 20.05.2019 by Carmen Talbot. Transcript by Jayde Stevenson All I knew was that there were women, first of all at school that I felt attracted to, and then at university. And it wasn’t until a long time afterwards……
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Rose Gander
Recorded 07.01.2019 Transcript by Jayde Stevenson I’d been a Unison – or before that a NALGO (National and Local Government Officers Association) trade union member since the age of 18 when I first started work, and my father said to…
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Zion Lights
Recorded 08.05.2019 by Carmen Talbot. Transcript by Jayde Stevenson It was kind of a few days before London I just thought I’ve gotta go, this is really important and it’s gonna be big and I knew, you know, there’s a…
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Cllr. Tia Roos
Being a Labour councillor for me was, um,– there were two defining moments for me in deciding to take politics up, um, which I think is a really hard area for women to get into. It’s where women need to…
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Jenni Kerswell-Frost
Transcript by Jayde Stevenson Right… it’s a bit like film – um, rather drastic. I had three young children, I was living with an abusive husband… he had already set fire to my daughter… and… one night when he’s gone…
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Dr. Sarah Wollaston
Transcript by Jayde Stevenson I think it’s representing a really important issue that affects thousands and thousands of women, and men as well, and trying to see whether I can actually make a difference personally by taking an Act of…
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Cllr. Desna Allen
Transcript by Jayde Stevenson My Grandfather firmly believed there was no place for a woman with education because she will only get married. Unfortunately, he communicated this to my mother who, uh, would refuse to allow me to stay on…
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Janet Haley
Transcript by Jayde Stevenson I saw an article in The Cornish Guardian, uh, two ladies who’d, uh, found out that they weren’t gonna get their pension and they were organising a meeting. So, I said right, that’s something I’ve gotta…
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Anne-Marie Culhane
Um, so I feel that activism permeates a lot of the work that I do. Um. Because what I’m exploring in my practice, um – which I frame in different ways as artist, as community activist, as community worker and…
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Carol – WASPI
Hi I’m Carol and I’m the Devon – one of the Devon – coordinators for, um, Devon WASPI supporters’ group. We support the WASPI campaign. WASPI stands for Women Against State Pension Inequality. It was formed, I think about three…
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