Author: dan_tierney
Ali Cottally
Ali Cottally first got involved in women's peace activism when she joined the Sellafield Women's Peace Camp in 1993. The camp aimed to draw attention to the link between nuclear power and the military use...
Interview with Angie Zelter – Dismantling Weapons of Mass Destruction
Interview with Angie Zelter founder of Trident Ploughshares and co-founder of the International Woman's Peace Service....
Our Flight to England by Irma Daems
Irma Daems was a Belgian girl who fled her home city of Antwerp when it came under bombardment in 1914, at the beginning of the First World War. ...
The trials and tribulations of the Lancaster and Morecambe Munitionettes
The Munitionette’s life was not easy, with long working hours, often living in a strange town, away from family and friends. Popular history has tended to concentrate on the poor working conditions and the sacrifices...
Munitions factories in Lancaster and Morecambe
Women played an important role on the home front in World War 1. They took on jobs traditionally held by men so that the men could join the armed forces. An increased demand for munitions...
How did Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School respond to the war effort during World War 1?
We wanted to find out how the girls at our school viewed the war and what they did to contribute to the war effort in the local area. The adults’ attitudes and how they projected...
The Women’s Peace Crusade in the North West
There had been opposition to the First World War, both before its outbreak and during. But from 1916, and particularly after the Somme, until Armistice in 1918, a Women’s Peace Crusade movement spread across the...
Catherine Marshall (1880-1961): Suffragist
Catherine Marshall became prominent in suffragist and peace activism, significant national movements in the last century. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) was established at the end of the 19th century with branches...
Belgian Refugees in Lancaster in World War 1
During World War 1, Belgian refugees came to Britain to escape the conflict at home. One of the refugees was called Irma Daems, who came from Antwerp and attended Lancaster Girls' Grammar School. In this...