The women’s liberation movement, activism and therapy at the grassroots, 1968–1985
The women’s liberation movement was the impetus for the founding of new institutions of psychological and mental health care for women in the late 1970s and 1980s. This article draws upon the archive of one such site, based in Islington, North London, to explore the ways that members of the movement...
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| description | The women’s liberation movement was the impetus for the founding of new institutions of psychological and mental health care for women in the late 1970s and 1980s. This article draws upon the archive of one such site, based in Islington, North London, to explore the ways that members of the movement interacted with local politics and were attentive to racial and economic oppression. It demonstrates that consciousness-raising groups and feminist magazines made women’s distress visible and that this visibility led to the development of feminist critiques of mainstream psychiatric care. The critiques of mainstream provision laid the ground for grassroots interventions into women’s mental healthcare in the community. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:39102a84-36ec-4c68-b879-919b8735e1272022-03-26T13:53:26ZThe women’s liberation movement, activism and therapy at the grassroots, 1968–1985Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:39102a84-36ec-4c68-b879-919b8735e127Symplectic Elements at OxfordTaylor and Francis2018Crook, SThe women’s liberation movement was the impetus for the founding of new institutions of psychological and mental health care for women in the late 1970s and 1980s. This article draws upon the archive of one such site, based in Islington, North London, to explore the ways that members of the movement interacted with local politics and were attentive to racial and economic oppression. It demonstrates that consciousness-raising groups and feminist magazines made women’s distress visible and that this visibility led to the development of feminist critiques of mainstream psychiatric care. The critiques of mainstream provision laid the ground for grassroots interventions into women’s mental healthcare in the community. |
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