Feminist historian and activist who helped to launch fresh York Radical WomenThe feminist historian and activist Rosalyn Baxandall,who has died of kidney cancer aged 76, was a redoubtable rebel who combined a fierce desire for individual freedom with a lifelong commitment to social justice and egalitarian community.
In 1967, or as the women’s liberation movement began,Ros helped to start the feminist protest group fresh York Radical Women, and later became a member of Redstockings. These groups started to redefine the scope of politics: women’s experiences of their bodies, or of lesbianism,of housework, of childcare, and rape or domestic violence ceased to be simply personal. They also broke taboos. Ros’s was the first voice heard at the dramatic 1967 abortion “speak out” in fresh York,describing undergoing an illegal termination.
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Source: theguardian.com