Name/TitleBadge: Women's Peace Camp
About this objectCircular badge with white background featuring a purple border containing the CND logo with a leafy tree top above, the words 'GREENHAM COMMON' on either side of the logo, and 'WOMEN'S PEACE CAMP' around the edges of the badge in black lettering.
Date Made1981-2000
Period1980s-1990s
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, metal and plastic
Subject and Association KeywordsEnvironment - ecology
Subject and Association KeywordsPeace movement
Subject and Association KeywordsGreenham Common
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's organisations
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenham_Common_Women%27s_Peace_Camp:
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest against nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England. The camp began on 5 September 1981 after a Welsh group, Women for Life on Earth, arrived at Greenham to protest against the decision of the British government to allow cruise missiles to be stored there. After realising that the march alone was not going to get them the attention that they needed to have the missiles removed, women began to stay at Greenham to continue their protest. The first blockade of the base occurred in March 1982 with 250 women protesting, during which 34 arrests and one death occurred. The camp was brought to a close in 2000 to make way for the Commemorative and Historic Site on the land that housed the original Women's Peace Camp at Yellow Gate Greenham Common between the years 1981 and 2000.
https://greenhamwomeneverywhere.co.uk:
Greenham Common became home to thousands of women acting in political resistance to the nuclear arms race for 19 years. Our aim is to collate and preserve the archives from these protests at Greenham and to keep alive this extraordinary achievement. Explore this site to hear their stories first-hand.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2015-111-35
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved