Grit and Diamonds: Women in Scotland Making History 1980 - 1990

by Shirley Henderson (Editor), Alison Mackay (Editor)

The background and answers to many questions about what life was like for women in Scotland in the 1980s. A collection of interviews, group discussions, personal accounts and overviews offer a unique insight into the past decade of Scotland's history and records the voices of women in that history - factory workers, fighters protecting the environment, feminist achievers or otherwise, the founders of the Afro-Caribbean Women's Assocation, wives on the picket line during the Miners' Strike, women in film and television.

274 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990