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WiP Then and Now

By the end of the 1980s, monthly meetings were held at the Publishers Association – the heart of the industry WiP sought to change. Companies were now willing to pay for their women staff to attend WiP training courses.

Evidence-based

Surveys produced hard figures about just how unequal the apparently congenial world of books actually was. WiP was shifting towards being a more career-oriented group.

Changing the zeitgeist

And the zeitgeist was changing. Women started to feel that the battle had been won. Feminism was coming to be seen as a negative rather than a positive designation.

  • Miranda Harrison

    https://www.womeninpublishinghistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1-Miranda-Harrison-recalls-how-WiPs-priorities-evolved-during-its-first-decade.mp3
    Transcript: 1 Miranda Harrison recalls how WiP's priorities evolved during its first decade
  • Clare Baker

    https://www.womeninpublishinghistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2-Clare-Baker-reflects-on-WiPs-declining-radicalism-over-its-first-decade.mp3
    Transcript: 2 Clare Baker reflects on WiP's declining radicalism over its first decade
  • Martha Fumagalli

    https://www.womeninpublishinghistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-Martha-Halford-Fumagalli-discusses-coming-from-a-less-politicised-generation.mp3
    Transcript: 3 Martha Fumagalli discusses coming from a 'less politicised generation'
  • Diane Spivey

    https://www.womeninpublishinghistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/4-Diane-Spivey-reflects-on-how-the-decline-of-feminism-affected-WiP-in-the-1990s.mp3
    Transcript: 4 Diane Spivey reflects on how the decline of feminism affected WiP in the 1990s
  • Nina Shandloff

    https://www.womeninpublishinghistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/5-Nina-Shandloff-on-rejecting-calls-for-WiP-to-become-PiP.mp3
    Transcript: 5 Nina Shandloff on rejecting calls for WiP to become 'PiP'
  • Sue Bennett

    https://www.womeninpublishinghistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/6-Sue-Bennett-discusses-why-Oxford-WiP-remained-a-women-only-group-in-the-80s-90s-and-beyond.mp3
    Transcript: 6 Sue Bennett discusses why Oxford WiP remained a women-only group in the 80s, 90s and beyond
  • Simone Castello

    https://www.womeninpublishinghistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/7-Simone-Castello-discusses-the-fallout-from-the-decision-to-allow-men-to-attend-WiP-social-functions.mp3
    Transcript: 7 Simone Castello discusses the fallout from the decision to allow men to attend WiP social functions
Themes
  • A Gentleman's Profession
  • The Beginning of Women in Publishing
    • The Beginning of WiP: Monthly Meetings
    • The Beginning of WiP: Conference
  • Changing the Status Quo
    • Changing the Status Quo: Training
    • Changing the Status Quo: Campaigning
    • Changing the Status Quo: WiP Beyond London
    • Changing the Status Quo: Childcare
  • Celebrating Women's Achievements
  • WiP Then and Now
  • WiP's Impact
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