The plaque celebrates the work of those involved in the project of “Women’s Activism in Portsmouth from 1960s: a Hidden History of a Naval Town”. And what the project sought to uncover was the varied work of women from diverse backgrounds, who lived in the Portsmouth area, and who contributed to the life of the city in some way.

Dr Laurel Forster and the Lady Mayoress of Portsmouth at the unveiling of the plaque for the Portsmouth Women's history project in the Guildhall Square

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But how do feminist magazines themselves facilitate these conversations? This was the overarching question posed at Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham for a Feminist Book Fortnight event “The Tide Comes in: Feminist Magazines, Past and Present” on 24 May 2022.