ERIN PIZZEY 2008

The presenter begins this talk from a 2008 conference in Sacramento, California with the early history of the domestic violence movement, and her efforts to open the first shelter for women and their children in 1971. The early history of the feminist movement in England is discussed, and the ensuing battle between advocates who conceptualized domestic violence as a human and family issue rather than a gender issue, and those who used the movement as a means of funding and advancing a radical political ideology based on Marxist teaching. This presentation describes in detail the importance of this ideological split, and how the needs and wishes of women have often been ignored. The presentation ends with a general description of where we are now and suggestions for the future. NOTE: Links to other You Tube videos from the 2008 "From Ideology to Inclusion" Conference can be found at www.domesticviolenceresearch.org