31 min
(1.) Women of Steel Making Sheffield
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- Documentary
“We waited such a long time for that thank you.”
Kathleen Roberts made the 2009 phone call, to The Star offices, that launched a campaign for long-awaited recognition for the women of Sheffield, who stepped up during the war effort.
Along with her ‘partners in crime,’ Kit Sollitt, Ruby Gascoigne, and Dorothy Slingsby, Kathleen travelled around the country, campaigning and fundraising, and was eventually invited to Downing Street to meet then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Women of Steel statue in Barkers Pool is the culmination of their efforts.
Here, Kathleen shares her story, and the story of so many other women in Sheffield, who left young families at home during the war to take on long and unrelenting work in the city’s factories.
Music credit: Archie Noble
“We waited such a long time for that thank you.”
Kathleen Roberts made the 2009 phone call, to The Star offices, that launched a campaign for long-awaited recognition for the women of Sheffield, who stepped up during the war effort.
Along with her ‘partners in crime,’ Kit Sollitt, Ruby Gascoigne, and Dorothy Slingsby, Kathleen travelled around the country, campaigning and fundraising, and was eventually invited to Downing Street to meet then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Women of Steel statue in Barkers Pool is the culmination of their efforts.
Here, Kathleen shares her story, and the story of so many other women in Sheffield, who left young families at home during the war to take on long and unrelenting work in the city’s factories.
Music credit: Archie Noble
31 min