JENNY MATTHEWS Women Protest 1981–1991

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JENNY MATTHEWS Women Protest 1981–1991

JENNY MATTHEWS Women Protest 1981–1991 is a Café Royal Books publication.

Women Protest 1981–1991 is 14cm x 20cm and has 36 black and white pages.

“Most of the decade covered here was under the premiership of Margaret Thatcher , the first woman Prime Minister (1979-1990).

The policies she oversaw — privatisation of state owned enterprises (including British Telecom, water, tv, gas, electricity, British Airways, and British Steel) , the sale of public housing to tenants, and cuts to education and health gave us plenty to protest about and had repercussions on the lives of everyone, added to which were the 1984 Miners Strike and the 1989 Poll Tax bill.

Women played a pivotal role in all these but above all it was the peace and anti nuclear movement which was headed and energised by women, from CND actions and demonstrations to Greenham Common, the war in the Falklands (Malvinas) and the Gulf War. At the same time women were also challenging a sexist culture and inequality in the workplace.”

Jenny Matthews

Café Royal Books

Café Royal Books is an independent publishing house set up by Craig Atkinson in 2005. He is based in Southport, England. CRB has released regular publications on the broad subject of British Documentary Photography since 1960. This includes international photographers who work within the British Isles, alongside photographers from the British Isles who work internationally. There are a few exceptions, with titles that sit alongside this general theme.

This type of work has historically been neglected by both photographers and institutions. Café Royal Books’ aim is to source, gather, and re/present this work as a collective whole. And, thus, give it a wider audience. CRB publishes at least one title every week and generally presents one series by one photographer.

The books combine elements of zines, photobooks, artist books and educational resource. The books are affordable, democratic, utilitarian and useful. They come out regularly and in small editions. So, it’s great to collect.

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