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Greengrocer, a women sells half a pumpkin.

Serena photographed women, famous, at work and play and generally going about their business. These photographs are taken around the streets of Islington where Serena lived. A snapshot of the lives of women in the 1970s.

Jeremy Thorpe and two others in a street in London, possibly on their way to an anti-apartheid demonstration in Trafalger Square.

Jeremy Thorpe was a Liberal Party MP who among other things was passionately anti-apartheid.

Right wing 'National Freedom' rally Trafalgar Square May 1970.

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham: "At the National Freedom Rally organised by The Monday Club 3.5.70"

Anti-apartheid demonstration outside the South African embassy london, 1975.

Anti-apartheid demonstration

Anti-apartheid demonstration outside the South African Embassy London 1975.

Close up of banners and activists.

354-361 is a series of images of a meeting of victims of apartheid held at the London School of Economics London in the early 1970s

Close up portrait at the meeting at the LSE

354-361 is a series of images of a meeting of victims of apartheid held at the London School of Economics London in the early 1970s

Same person in close up, but standing and animated

354-361 is a series of images of a meeting of victims of apartheid held at the London School of Economics London in the early 1970s

354-361 is a series of images of a meeting of victims of apartheid held at the London School of Economics London in the early 1970s

354-361 is a series of images of a meeting of victims of apartheid held at the London School of Economics London in the early 1970s

354-361 is a series of images of a meeting of victims of apartheid held at the London School of Economics London in the early 1970s

354-361 is a series of images of a meeting of victims of apartheid held at the London School of Economics London in the early 1970s

354-361 is a series of images of a meeting of victims of apartheid held at the London School of Economics London in the early 1970s

Womens' Peace Rally about Northern Ireland Trafalgar Square 1976.

Written on the back by Serena Wadham: 'Womens' demo about N. Ireland'

Belfast women at the Peace Peoples' rally in Trafalgar Square 1976

Written on the back by Serena Wadham:
'Belfast women at the Peace Peoples' Rally in Trafalgar Square'

Duong Thi Duyen

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
'Duong Thi Duyen (Journalist? negotiator at peace Talks?)
N. Vietnamese women talking to anti-Vietnam war women at Boulogne. She is married with two children'

Helder Camara, BrazilianCatholic Archbishop visiting Manchester.

Supporters of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn child wait to lobby their MPs.

Written on the back by Serena Wadham:
'While supporters of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child wait to lobby their Members of Parliament, they are leafletted by women & men supporting the liberal abortion laws'

Miss Ramnie Dadoo, daughter to Ghandi's adopted son. Krishna Menon, Dr Y Dadoo President of the South African Indian Congress.

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
'L to R, with the text as above

A woman and a man walk side by side in the street, the woman pushes a pram. This is a slice of the full image.

A typed caption accompanies this image:
"I believe that all reforming action in law and education would break down in front of the fact that long before the age at which a man can earn a position in society, Nature has determined women's destiny…

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