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Joyce Butler was a lifelong activist for women’s rights, consumer rights, healthcare, environmental protections and peace; and was the instigator of what became the Sex Discrimination Act, passed fifty years ago. The exhibition opening last month was packed with visitors, including Bambos Charalambous, MP for Wood Green and Southgate; Ahmed Mahbub, Mayor of Haringey and Emily Arkell, Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure at Haringey Council.
This free exhibition runs for a year and is part of Dr Jenkins’ AHRC funded project on women’s rights and women’s liberation in the 1950s to the 1970s. For more information email Lyndsey.Jenkins@history.ox.ac.uk.
"While the exhibition showcases the fascinating contribution that Joyce Butler made to contemporary politics and society, it also shows the interconnections between different political movements - the women's movement, the labour movement, the peace movement and so on - and underlines the importance of collaborative action as well as individual effort. The exhibition is a window into a community and a country in transition, and serves as a reminder of how many of Butler's interests remain vital and relevant today."
