A star is born: how a new political lobby might change the face of women's politics

Abstract

‘We have lived through historic days and perhaps we are turning over a new page in the history of the women's movement,’ said Fausta desHormes, head of the European Commission's Women's Information Service. She was speaking in the closing moments of the Fourth Colloquium of European Women's Organizations, arranged by the EEC and hosted by the Fawcett Society, the first to be held in Britain. The conference attracted women from all the member nations, between them representing 50 million other women, to the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on Parliament Square in London in November 1987, and the event which inspired Fausta desHormes' comment was a resolution calling for a new lobby for women's organizations.

Citation

Baines, A. (1988), "A star is born: how a new political lobby might change the face of women's politics", Women in Management Review, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 144-149. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005184