Chapter 13 Making the Invisible Visible: The Rise of a Professional Women's Network in the 1990s

As women are increasingly active in diverse areas of the labour market, they are organizing themselves as part of their attempt to impact on their working environments. Yet, as recently as 1973, Sheila Rowbotham felt able to state: ‘For the woman the public world of work belongs to and is owned by men’ (Rowbotham, 1973:61).