The book is a collection of articles presented at the conference “Social position of woman and development of family in self-managing socialist society” which was organized by the Communist party between the 18th and 20th of March 1976.

Perspective on the black feminist movement in the UK. The use of the term ‘Black’ was in keeping with the preferred use of the individual authors.

The feminist practice is set up as a long and difficult analysis about what history and culture have removed.

This book is based on women’s personal accounts of violence in marriage. Quotations of these stories and interviews are combined with feminist analysis of domestic violence and references to international research.