What was the influence of the Womens Liberation movement on the Ford strikers?
MARY DAVIS: I would say that they weren’t influenced by the women’s liberation movement. I think at that stage, and I’m kind of reluctant to say this, but there were class divisions. Very strong class divisions and apart from the National Joint Action Committee for Women’s Equal Rights, which was a kind of cross class thing, by that time the Women’s Liberation Movement was almost going into a separatist phase, not fully, but it was certainly there and I think it was unaware of the significance of the Ford strike. It’s only now that I think women who would have called themselves feminists then, have become interested in the Ford strike, and it was a very significant strike.
