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Britain's Road to Europe: Women Against the Common Market

Season 1, Ep. 8

On this episode, Dr Richard Johnson, Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics & International Relations, Queen Mary University of London discusses the fascinating interest group, Women Against the Common Market, and their efforts to keep Britain out of the EEC in the early 1970s.

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