Name/TitleBadge: I Have Dreamed On This Mountain
About this objectCircular badge with white background and an image, coloured in felt tip pen, of an eagle flying over mountains and sea, between the caption 'I have dreamed on this mountain'.
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, metal
MeasurementsDia: 35 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsPeace movement
Subject and Association KeywordsLGBTQ+
Subject and Association KeywordsCommunity activism
Subject and Association Description"I have dreamed on this mountain" is a line from a song composed by LGBT and peace activist Holly Near (title found in various forms, usually Mountain Song/Kentucky Woman). Written in the 1970s in support of Kentucky women opposing the destruction of their mountain homes by strip mining, the song was adapted by Greenham women as a powerful song of protection, hope and resistance:
https://womenshistorymonth.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/dreaming-on-a-mountain-from-womens-day-to-womens-power-rebecca-johnson-women-in-black-london/
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2012-24-4
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved