‘Clio’s Consciousness Raised’? Women’s Liberation and Women’s History

This chapter will explore the connections between women’s liberation and the development of women’s history in the post-war period. Women’s liberation was born out of the radical politics of the 1960s. Women’s liberation groups rejected masculinist political theory and structures and asserted the superiority of feminine politics, values and beliefs. They challenged many of the discriminatory practices women faced daily and demanded equal pay, equal opportunity employment, better childcare services and the right to abortion.