Is women’s activism in the UK enough to make women effective community Development leaders?
Perhaps, it would be helpful to place your question into a context. The assertion behind it is that women as yet have not been effective community leaders but that simply is not the case. The Trade Union movement in this country can trace it roots to women’s activism, Google Annie Beasant and the Bryant and May match factory strikes. It was women in Glasgow who campaigned for lower rents and fair access to housing in the First World War in that city. More up to date the Greemham Common Peace movement, and the 1984 Miner’s Strike saw women active in those struggles; at the forefront. Even more contemporary, women are active at community levels from local governement to youth work, you name it! The danger, I suppose is to ignore achievements and marginalise women’s contributions., but that one is not new either. Please do not fall into the sexist trap of judging all women’s ability to lead by naming one or two female leaders who may or may not have made the grade in subjective opinion. F
