The post-war period in Scotland was a time of significant social, economic and cultural change, and one when women’s lives changed dramatically. During this period, domestic abuse gradually emerged as a public issue due to the work of feminist activists, academics and the emergent Scottish Women’s Aid movement.
In an upcoming series of four webinars, Dr Anni Donaldson will explore continuity and change in the history of domestic abuse in post-war Scotland. These seminars will shed new light on what it was like for women and children living with domestic abuse and for professionals working with those affected. This was a time when women were considered ‘battered wives’ who ‘failed to protect’ their children and when police reluctantly attended ‘domestics’. You can find out more about the topic in a previous blog post Dr Donaldson wrote for us to mark 16 Days of Activism to end Gender Based Violence in 2020.
These four seminars will present findings from Anni’s new feminist oral history of domestic abuse in late 20th Century Scotland.
- Growing up with domestic abuse – children and young people’s experiences from the 1950s to the 1980s – Wednesday 14th April 10am-12pm
- Living with domestic abuse – women’s changing experiences of domestic abuse from the 1950s to the 1990s – Wednesday 28th April 10am-12pm
- Police, criminal justice and social work responses to domestic abuse in post-war Scotland – Wednesday 12th May 10am-12pm
- Getting free – the impact of domestic abuse and leaving abuse in the 1960s-1990s – Wednesday 26th May 10am-12pm
All of these webinars can be booked on our training page.
Dr Anni Donaldson is a feminist oral historian, journalist and blogger. She is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde.
Twitter: @AnniDonaldson
Blog: www.glasgowanni.com
