Abstract
In the early 1980s, the Greater London Council (GLC) and a number of other London and Metropolitan local authorities introduced and actively promoted equal opportunities policies on women and race. Those were heady days for those of us who got involved. Women were being asked into town halls to comment on and input ideas on how council services and employment could better meet women’s needs. My first experience was as a member of two groups — one on women and transport, the other on women’s employment in London. Exhilarated by being involved and recognising that here was a concrete way of influencing some of the services which crucially affect women’s lives in London, I applied for and got a job as Employment Adviser in the GLC’s Women’s Committee Support Unit.
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