CONTENT AND STRUCTURE INTRODUCTION I ABBREVIATIONS VI 1. RÓISÍN CONROY AND THE IRISH LABOUR MOVEMENT 1 1.1. DEVELOPMENT OF ITGWU LIBRARY SERVICES 1 1.2. WOMEN AND UNIONS 6 1.2.1. IRISH TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION (ITGWU) 7 1.2.2. IRISH CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS. (ICTU) 7 1.2.3. IRISH WOMEN WORKER’S UNION AND FEDERATED WORKERS UNION OF IRELAND 8 1.2.4. LABOUR WOMEN’S NATIONAL COUNCIL (LWNC) 9 1.3. CAMPAIGNS 11 1.3.1. EQUAL PAY 11 1.3.2. SOCIAL WELFARE 14 1.3.3. LEGAL AID 15 1.3.4. CHILDREN AND FAMILY LAW 15 1.3.5. MATERNITY LEAVE 17 1.3.6. DIVORCE 17 1.3.7. OTHER 18 1.4. IRISH LABOUR HISTORY SOCIETY 19 1.5. COLLECTED PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE LABOUR MOVEMENT 23 2. IRISH FEMINIST INFORMATION AND ATTIC PRESS 33 2.1. DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE 33 2.1.1. IFI PREMISES AT 48 FLEET STREET 42 2.1.2. FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION 45 2.2. CORRESPONDENCE 51 2.3. WOMEN IN COMMUNITY PUBLISHING COURSE (WCP COURSE) 57 2.3.1. FUNDING OF THE WCP COURSE 57 2.3.2. ADMINISTRATION OF THE WCP COURSE 58 2.3.3. COURSE CONTENT 61 2.3.4. PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN 66 2.4. WOMEN IN COMMUNITY PUBLISHING GROUP 70 2.5. WOMEN’S COMMUNITY PUBLISHING CO-OPERATIVE 70 2.5.1. SOURCES COLLECTED RELATING TO CO-OPERATIVES 72 2.6. WOMEN’S COMMUNITY PRESS 73 2.7. SMALL PRESSES GROUP 74 3. PUBLICATIONS 77 3.1. ATTIC PRESS PUBLICITY 77 3.1.1. MEDIA COVERAGE RE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY & ATTIC PRESS LAUNCH 77 3.1.2. PROMOTIONS, LAUNCHES AND MARKETING OF ATTIC PRESS TITLES 78 3.1.3. ATTIC PRESS AUTHORS. PRESS REVIEWS. 80 3.1.4. AUTHOR’S PROFILES 82 3.2. IRISH WOMEN’S DIARY & GUIDEBOOK 83 3.3.WOMEN IN ARTS AND CULTURE 95 3.3.1. HAIRY STRIPS BY ARJA KAJERMO 95 3.3.2. WOMEN IN FOCUS: CONTEMPORARY IRISH WOMEN’S LIVES: A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS PORTRAYING THE ORDINARY LIVES OF WOMEN FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE BY NELL MCCAFFERTY AND PAT MURPHY. 95 3.3.3. [IRISH WOMEN ARTISTS – UNTITLED] 96 3.3.4. EITHNE VINEY PRESSCUTTINGS 97 3.3.5. LEADING LIVES BY RITA WALL 98 3.3.6. ALIVE ALIVE O! RECOLLECTIONS & VISIONS OF DUBLIN WOMEN BY MÁIRÍN JOHNSTON 99 3.3.7. INVENTING WOMEN’S WORK: THE LEGACY OF CHARABANC THEATRE COMPANY BY CLAUDIA HARRIS 100 3.3.8. DELIA MURPHY’S STORY, BY AIDAN O’HARA 102 3.4. WOMEN IN IRISH HISTORY 103 3.4.1. MISSING PIECES VOL.1 103 3.4.2. MISSING PIECES – HERSTORY OF IRISH HISTORY VOL.II 107 3.4.3. MISSING PIECES VOL III 109 3.4.4. SMASHING TIMES: A HISTORY OF THE IRISH WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT 1889-1922 BY ROSEMARY CULLEN OWENS 112 3.4.5. DID YOUR GRANNY HAVE A HAMMER??? A HISTORY OF THE IRISH SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT 1876-1922 BY ROSEMARY CULLEN OWENS AND THE WOMEN IN PUBLISHING COURSE GROUP (SUFFRAGE PACK) 114 3.4.6. AROUND THE BANKS OF PIMLICO BY MÁIRÍN JOHNSTON 121 3.4.7. MODELS FOR MOVERS: IRISH WOMEN’S EMIGRATION TO AMERICA – IDE O’CARROLL (IRISH STUDIES OFFICE, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY; BOSTON, USA). 121 3.4.8. AGAINST THE GRAIN: THE CONTEMPORARY WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND BY EILEEN EVASON 123 3.4.9. EMERGING FROM THE SHADOW: THE LIVES OF SARAH ANNE LAWRENSON & LUCY OLIVE KINGSTON BASED ON PERSONAL DIARIES: 1883-1969 BY DAISY LAWRENSON SWANTON 124 3.4.10. WOMEN’S VOICES: AN ORAL HISTORY OF NORTHERN IRISH WOMEN’S HEALTH (1900- 1990) BY WOMEN’S COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (NUPE) 125 3.4.11. A LINK IN THE CHAIN: THE STORY OF THE IRISH HOUSEWIVES ASSOCIATION 1942-92 BY ELEANOR TWEEDY 125 3.4.12. WOMEN, POWER AND CONCIOUSNESS IN 19TH CENTURY IRELAND (EIGHT BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES) BY MARIA LUDDY AND MARY CULLEN 126 3.4.13. FIGHTING SPIRIT: SHEILA CONROY BY MARIANNE HERON 127 3.4.14. FROM DUBLIN TO NEW ORLEANS: THE JOURNEY OF NORA AND ALICE BY SUELLEN HOY AND MARGARET MACCURTAIN 128 3.4.15. IN THEIR OWN VOICE: IRISH WOMEN & IRISH NATIONALISM BY MARGARET WARD 130 3.4.16. I CALL TO THE EYE OF THE MIND: A MEMOIR BY SARAH HYLAND; EDITED BY MAUREEN MURPHY 130 3.4.17. LESBIAN LIVES BY INEZ REIDER 131 3.5. TITLES IN WOMEN’S STUDIES 132 3.5.1. PERSONALLY SPEAKING: WOMEN’S THOUGHTS ON WOMEN’S ISSUE, BY LIZ STEINER- SCOTT 132 3.5.2. FEMINIST THEOLOGY, BY MARY CONDREN 133 3.5.3. POWER, CULTURE, SOCIETY: ESSAYS ON IRISH WOMEN IN THE 1990S – A READER FOR IRISH WOMEN’S STUDIES EDITED BY AILBHE SMYTH 135 3.6. POLITICAL & LEGAL TITLES 136 3.6.1. NELL MCCAFFERTY 136 3.6.1.1. The Best of Nell: A Selection of writings over fourteen years 136 3.6.1.2. Goodnight Sisters. Selected Writings Vol. Two 137 3.6.1.3. Articles by Nell McCafferty 138 3.6.1.4. A Woman to Blame by Nell McCafferty 148 3.6.1.5. Media Coverage of Kerry Babies Case 153 3.6.1.6. Peggy Deery: A Family at War by Nell McCafferty 158 3.6.2. LYN: A STORY OF PROSTITUTION BY JUNE LEVINE AND LYN MADDEN 159 3.6.3. MAIREAD FARRELL: A POLITICAL LIFE BY BRÍONA MCDERMOTT 161 3.6.4. EMILY O’REILLY 162 3.6.4.1. Candidate: The Truth Behind the Presidential Campaign 162 3.6.4.2. Masterminds of the Right 163 3.6.4.3. Research notes and articles 166 3.6.5. WEB OF PUNISHMENT: AN INVESTIGATION BY CAROL COULTER 173 3.6.6. THE ABORTION PAPERS IRELAND ED. BY AILBHE SMYTH 173 3.6.7. CRIMES WORSE THAN DEATH BY KATE SHANAHAN 174 3.7. HANDBOOKS – DEALING WITH SOCIAL ISSUES AND CITIZEN’S ADVICE. 175 3.7.1. WHO OWNS IRELAND WHO OWNS YOU? – COORDINATED BY CARMEL JENNINGS. 175 3.7.2. LIFTING THE LID: HANDBOOK OF FACTS AND INFORMATION ON IRELAND BY URSULA BARRY 175 3.7.3. SINGLED OUT PUBLISHED BY CHERISH AND WOMEN’S COMMUNITY PRESS 176 3.7.4. WOMEN AND POVERTY BY MARY DALY 176 3.7.5. FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE POLITICAL: A WOMEN’S EDUCATION WORKBOOK 178 3.7.6. DIVORCE?: FACING THE ISSUES OF MARITAL BREAKDOWN EDITED BY MAGS O’BRIEN 179 3.7.7. BULLYING: A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS BY VIVETTE O’DONNELL IN CO-OPERATION WITH CAMPAIGN AGAINST BULLYING (CAB). PUBLISHED BY BASEMENT PRESS. 180 3.8. FICTION TITLES 180 3.8.1. TEENAGE FICTION 182 3.8.1.1. Daisy Chain War by Joan O’Neill 182 3.8.1.2. Bright Sparks Fan Club 183 3.9. ANTHOLOGIES 183 3.10. POETRY 184 3.11. OTHER TITLES 185 3.11.1. THE CITIES OF DAVID: THE LIFE OF DAVID NORRIS BY VICTORIA FREEDMAN 186 3.11.2. 1996 GAY DIARY & HANDBOOK 188 3.12. ATTIC PRESS GENERAL 188 4. FEMINIST BOOKFAIRS 192 4.1. 1ST INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST BOOKFAIR 192 4.2. 2ND INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST BOOKFAIR 192 4.3. 3RD INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST BOOKFAIR 193 4.4. 4TH INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST BOOKFAIR 194 4.5. 5TH INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST BOOKFAIR 195 4.6. 6TH INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST BOOKFAIR 195 5. INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONGRESSES 196 5.1. WOMEN’S WORLDS FESTIVAL & 3RD INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONGRESS ON WOMEN (DUBLIN) 196 5.1.1. ORGANISATION OF THE FESTIVAL 196 5.1.2. PARTICIPANTS 198 5.1.3. THE CONGRESS ITSELF AND AFTERMATH 200 5.2. VISIONS AND VOICES: A SYMPOSIUM – IRISH WOMEN’S ART & LITERATURE (SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY) 202 5.3. 4TH INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONGRESS ON WOMEN ENTITLED ‘WOMEN’S WORLDS: REALITIES AND CHOICES’ HELD AT HUNTER COLLEGE, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. 202 6. WOMEN’S GROUPS AND ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS 205 6.1. IRISH WOMEN’S LIBERATION MOVEMENT 205 6.1.1. DEVELOPMENT – CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS 205 6.1.2. PHOTOGRAPHS 207 6.1.3. RESEARCH RE WOMEN IN IRELAND 208 6.1.4. HISTORY OF THE IRISH WOMEN’S MOVEMENT 209 6.2. COUNCIL AND FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN & COMMISSION FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN 214 6.2.1. COUNCIL FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN 214 6.2.2. COMMISSION FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN 216 6.3. IRISH WOMEN UNITED 217 6.4. IRISH COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES 219 6.5. IRISH COUNTRYWOMAN’S ASSOCIATION (ICA) 223 7. CAMPAIGNS AND WOMEN’S ISSUES 224 7.1. EMPLOYMENT EQUALITY 224 7.2. WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRES 226 7.2.1. RESOURCE CENTRE 226 7.2.2. WELL WOMAN CENTRE 227 7.2.3. CAMPAIGN TO ESTABLISH A WOMAN’S CENTRE IN DUBLIN 228 7.2.4. RAPE CRISIS CENTRE 230 7.3. WOMEN AND HEALTH 231 7.3.1. GENERAL 231 7.3.2. GYNAECOLOGY 234 7.3.3. DRUG ABUSE AND THE DRUGS INDUSTRY 235 7.3.4. HEALTH EDUCATION BUREAU (HEB) 236 7.3.5. HEALTH SERVICES IN IRELAND 237 7.4. DIVORCE 238 7.5. ABORTION 238 7.6.CONTRACEPTION 241 7.7. GAY RIGHTS 243 7.8. ONE PARENT FAMILIES 243 7.9. PRISONERS RIGHTS 244 7.10 THE CAMPAIGN FOR A UNITED SOCIAL WELFARE CODE 245 7.11. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 248 7.12. MURRAY DEFENCE COMMITTEE 251 7.13 MARIE MACMAHON SUPPORT GROUP 251 7.14 SEXISM IN EDUCATION 252 7.15 STATUS CONFERENCE AND WOMEN’S AD HOC ELECTION COMMITTEE 254 7.16 ANTI-NUCLEAR CAMPAIGN 256 7.17 OTHER 256 8.