Feminism and Socialism with Shiela Rowbotham

Socialism
Written By Grabbing Back

In our fourth and final topic is Series 1, we’re looking at Socialism and Feminism. What have socialism and feminism got to do with each other - aren’t they entirely different? What’s a girl-boss, a neo-liberal, a socialist, a capitalist? Someone please explain!!! Sheila Rowbotham has our backs. She spoke to our team at Grabbing Back about the relationship between socialism and feminism.

This month we’ve decided to give you a few quick guide-to pieces, rather than a deep dive into the work of any particular theorist. Get in touch if you’d like us to go deeper into this topic in the future!

Listen to the episode here or on Spotify! Find out more about our guest and her theory below.

Shiela Rowbotham

Sheila Rowbotham (she/her)

Renowned feminist, activist, historian and theorist who has been key int bringing female voice into visible history. A life long activist, she has campaigned on issues from unionising women, abortion, nurseries and the Vietnam War and has always been an advocate for grass roots activism.

She helped to make the phrase “the personal is political” popular. She is best known her contributions the Women’s Liberation Movement, which drove feminism in the 1970s and brought us feminism as we know it today.

Her book, Daring to Hope,  which we discuss in this episode, is a memoir of her life during that decade. From organising the first Women's Liberation Movement conference to heartbreak.

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